Flash Flood, De Witt
- When
- July 8, 2:30 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 29.082, -97.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, July 8, 1997
Heavy rainfall from the previous day left county soils completely saturated. As additional showers formed over the county, roads were quickly flooded again.
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
- $40,000
- 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.
Heavy rainfall from the previous day left county soils completely saturated. As additional showers formed over the county, roads were quickly flooded again. Additional rainfall on the 8th was generally around 3 inches with isolated totals of up to 5 inches.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Lavaca
- When
- July 8, 2:30 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 29.384, -96.930 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 8 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 8, 1997
- Tornado in New York, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 8, 1997
- Flood in Louisiana, July 8, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5620001, 5620002.