Flash Flood, Comal
- When
- August 8, 12:00 PM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.808, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, August 8, 1997
The sheriffs departments in both counties reported several roads closed shortly after noon as a result of brief but heavy rain. Totals over the two counties were generally 2 to 3 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
The sheriffs departments in both counties reported several roads closed shortly after noon as a result of brief but heavy rain. Totals over the two counties were generally 2 to 3 inches. The highest amount reported was a 6 inch amount near Sisterdale in Kendall County.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Kendall
- When
- August 8, 12:00 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.945, -98.712 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, August 8 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 1997
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspout in Texas, August 8 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 1997
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 8, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609481, 5609482.