Flash Flood in Texas, July 24, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

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.

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.

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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.

• Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 19971 death · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, July 24 to 25, 1997$3.0 million · 5 events
• Tornadoes in Virginia, July 24, 1997$900,000 · F1 · 3 events
• Flood in Alaska, July 24 to 31, 1997$1.3 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Iowa, July 24, 1997$220,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind and Waterspout in North Carolina, July 24, 19972 injured · $90,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 24, 1997$125,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 1997$20,000 · F1 · 4 events
• Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 24, 1997$70,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Rain in New York, July 24 to 25, 19973 injured · 11 events
• High Wind in North Carolina, July 24, 1997$33,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 events
• Flood in Iowa, July 24, 1997$40,000 · 1 event

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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: 5611696.