Flood, Wood
- When
- March 2, 6:00 AM CST to March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.786, -95.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Texas, March 2 to 31, 1997
Significant flooding occurred along the Sabine River in northeast Texas during the entire month. A few homes in Longview, Tx and a few businesses in Gladewater reported flooding with secondary roads under several feet of water.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 SHV wrote it up.
Significant flooding occurred along the Sabine River in northeast Texas during the entire month. A few homes in Longview, Tx and a few businesses in Gladewater reported flooding with secondary roads under several feet of water. Several thousand acres of river lowlands were flooded and cattle had to be moved to higher ground. The river at Gladewater crested on the 18th and 19th at 33.0 feet or 7 feet above floodstage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Upshur
- When
- March 2, 6:00 AM CST to March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -94.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Smith
- When
- March 2, 6:00 AM CST to March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Smith forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.375, -95.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Gregg
- When
- March 2, 6:00 AM CST to March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.481, -94.817 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Harrison
- When
- March 2, 6:00 AM CST to March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.548, -94.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Panola
- When
- March 2, 6:00 AM CST to March 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Panola forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.162, -94.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 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: 5589723, 5589724, 5589888, 5589889, 5589890, 5589891.