Flood, Mason
- When
- March 9, 10:30 PM CST to March 13, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 30.718, -99.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Texas, March 9 to 13, 1997
Minor river flooding began late in the evening of the 9th along the Llano River near Mason as the river exceeded bankfull of six feet. m.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- 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.
Minor river flooding began late in the evening of the 9th along the Llano River near Mason as the river exceeded bankfull of six feet. The river remained above bankfull through the morning of the 13th with 9.9 feet at 1120 p.m. on the 9th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Mississippi, March 9 to 26, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, March 9 to 13, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 9 to 10, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, March 9 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 9 to 10, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, March 9, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 9, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, March 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 9 to 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 9, 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: 5596123.