Flash Flood, Eastland
- When
- June 23, 2:59 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Eastland County, Eastland
- Coordinates
- 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads remained flooded and closed across the county.
Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, June 23, 1997
4 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Eastland
- When
- June 23, 5:58 AM CST to 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Eastland County, Eastland
- Coordinates
- 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads across the county remained flooded and closed.
Flash Flood, Eastland
- When
- June 23, 8:52 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Eastland County, Eastland
- Coordinates
- 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads in town had up to four feet of water over them. Evacuations of three homes were necessary.
Flash Flood, Eastland
- When
- June 23, 8:52 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Eastland County, 5 mi S of Ranger
- Coordinates
- 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Portions of Highway 570 were reported flooded.
Flood, Eastland
- When
- June 23, 9:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake Leon rose to record levels after several days of heavy rain occurred in its drainage basin. Nearly 100 lakeside homes were flooded.
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 23 to 24, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, June 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 23, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, June 23, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 23, 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: 5608458, 5608459, 5608460, 5608552, 5608553.