Flash Flood, Lee
- When
- October 13, 12:30 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 30.311, -96.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 13, 1997
Up to five days of light rain over Lee County caused HWY 290 and HWY 77 to be closed due to high water. Total rainfall was reported to be up to 5 inches across the county area.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Up to five days of light rain over Lee County caused HWY 290 and HWY 77 to be closed due to high water. Total rainfall was reported to be up to 5 inches across the county area. High winds from the thunderstorms knocked over trees in the Serbin area as they moved through during the heavy rain event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- October 13, 1:00 AM CST to 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Serbin
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -97.020
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 13 to 14, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, October 13, 1997
- High Wind in U.S. Virgin Islands, October 13 to 15, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 13, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 13, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 13, 1997
- Flooding in U.S. Virgin Islands, October 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 13, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, October 13, 1997
- Wildfire and High Wind in California, October 13 to 19, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, October 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5620109, 5620110.