Flood, Irion
- When
- February 20, 5:00 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Irion forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 31.304, -100.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Texas, February 20, 1997
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours of the 20th as a potent upper level storm system approached the Concho Valley, then spread over the rest of west central Texas during the afternoon. 06 feet at 645 am on the 20th.
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
- $50,000
- 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 SJT wrote it up.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours of the 20th as a potent upper level storm system approached the Concho Valley, then spread over the rest of west central Texas during the afternoon. Rainfall totals of three to five inches occurred in much of the area.River flooding occurred on Dove Creek at Knickerbocker, which reached a crest of 19.06 feet at 645 am on the 20th. Flood stage is 14 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Texas, February 20 to 21, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 20, 1997
- Flooding in Illinois, February 20 to 22, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, February 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, February 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, February 20, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, February 20 to 24, 1997
- 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
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 1997
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: 5590320.