Texas, 1997Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
August 8 to 9, 1997 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Heavy Rain, Nacogdoches
- When
- August 8, 7:15 AM CST to August 9, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County, Garrison
- Coordinates
- 31.616, -94.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Observer reported 14.13 inches of rain at his home along FM138 in 24 hours.
Flash Flood, Shelby
- When
- August 8, 7:15 AM CST to August 9, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Tenaha
- Coordinates
- 31.792, -94.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive rains of over one foot in 24 hours led to the closure of Hwy 96 for nearly 200 yards between Center and Tenaha. Four to five feet of water was across the Hwy.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Wildfire in California, August 8 to 16, 1997$3.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 8, 1997$30,000 · 52 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 1997$15,000 · 1 event
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspout in Texas, August 8 to 29, 19976 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 199755 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 199756 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 8, 1997$10,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 8, 19971 in hail · 2 events
- Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 19971 event
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 19971 event
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 19971 event
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: 5610771, 5610772.