Flash Flood, Kimble
- When
- March 10, 12:30 AM CST to 7:25 AM CST
- Where
- Kimble County, London
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 30.487, -99.749 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, March 10, 1997
Up to eight inches of rain fell near London overnight and morning of the 10th. Highway 377 was closed to due to water five feet deep on low water crossings.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Up to eight inches of rain fell near London overnight and morning of the 10th. Highway 377 was closed to due to water five feet deep on low water crossings. The water receded very slowly during the morning hours.
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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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: 5595956.