Flash Flood, Gillespie
- When
- June 6, 2:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.318, -98.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6, 1997
General 2 to 3 inch rain amounts with isolated totals to over 5 inches in under 3 hours across the above counties produced widespread flash flooding.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- $95,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
General 2 to 3 inch rain amounts with isolated totals to over 5 inches in under 3 hours across the above counties produced widespread flash flooding.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.
Event by event
10 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Blanco
- When
- June 6, 2:30 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.266, -98.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Kendall
- When
- June 6, 3:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.945, -98.712 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Hays
- When
- June 6, 3:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.058, -98.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Travis
- When
- June 6, 4:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -97.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Comal
- When
- June 6, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 29.808, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Bastrop
- When
- June 6, 4:30 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bastrop County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.104, -97.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Bexar
- When
- June 6, 5:00 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Guadalupe
- When
- June 6, 5:00 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.583, -97.949 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Fayette
- When
- June 6, 5:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 29.877, -96.920 (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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 6 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Montana, June 6 to 29, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, June 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 6, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 6 to 7, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 6, 1997
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 6, 1997
More
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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: 5607882, 5607883, 5607884, 5607885, 5607886, 5607887, 5607888, 5607889, 5607890, 5607891.