Flash Flood, Brooks
- When
- June 17, 10:45 PM CST to June 18, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brooks County, 10 mi WSW of Falfurrias
- Coordinates
- 27.032, -98.219 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 17 to 18, 1997
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $33,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Starr
- When
- June 18, 12:00 AM CST to 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Starr County, Rio Grande City to Garciasville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -98.820
Numerous power lines and poles down. Tree damage.
Hail, Starr
- When
- June 18, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Starr County, San Isidro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.720, -98.450
Flash Flood, Starr
- When
- June 18, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Starr County, Rio Grande City
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Coordinates
- 26.562, -98.738 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
263 dwellings damaged by water.
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Texas, June 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Indiana, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 17, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 17, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5607173, 5607170, 5607172, 5607171.