Flash Flood, Fayette
- When
- October 10, 5:00 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 29.877, -96.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, October 10, 1997
With no opportunity for soils to dry out from previous rainfall, flash flooding redeveloped over Fayette and Lavaca Counties near noon on the 10th as additional rain and showers developed. Rainfall generally averaged 2 to 3 inches on the 10th.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
With no opportunity for soils to dry out from previous rainfall, flash flooding redeveloped over Fayette and Lavaca Counties near noon on the 10th as additional rain and showers developed. Rainfall generally averaged 2 to 3 inches on the 10th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Lavaca
- When
- October 10, 5:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 29.384, -96.930 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
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: 5620003, 5620004.