Texas, 1997Flash Flooding in Texas, May 9, 1997
May 9, 1997 · NWS FWD · 3 events in 1 county or zone
3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Flash Flood, Tarrant
- When
- May 9, 3:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Haslet
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 32.772, -97.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were reported flooded and a few houses had flood waters in them.
Flash Flood, Tarrant
- When
- May 9, 3:30 AM CST to 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Saginaw
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 32.772, -97.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Railroad tracks were washed out at Highway 287 and Hicks Road.
Flash Flood, Tarrant
- When
- May 9, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Haslet
- Coordinates
- 32.772, -97.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roads were closed due to high water.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, May 9, 19971 injured · $120,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 9, 1997$75,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 9, 1997$50,000 · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 9, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 9, 1997$20,000 · 57 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 9, 19971 injured · $20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New York, May 9, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 9, 19971 in hail · 8 events
- High Wind in Alaska, May 9 to 12, 19974 events
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, May 9 to 16, 1997$5,000 · 59 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 9, 199752 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 9, 19972 events
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: 5598830, 5598831, 5598832.