Flash Flood, Hopkins
- When
- February 20, 4:10 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County, Sulphur Spgs
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, February 20, 1997
Numerous roads were closed throughout the county due to flooding. A car was emerged in water with one rescue necessary.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 FWD wrote it up.
Numerous roads were closed throughout the county due to flooding. A car was emerged in water with one rescue necessary. Several residences received minor flooding. A local cooperative observer measured three inches of rain in the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Texas, February 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 20, 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: 5588139.