Flash Flood, Kinney
- When
- August 18, 6:00 AM CST to 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Kinney County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.350, -100.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, August 18, 1998
Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches fell over the three counties where soils had already been brought to saturation by rainfall over the previous 24 hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $6,000
- 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.
Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches fell over the three counties where soils had already been brought to saturation by rainfall over the previous 24 hours.
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, Maverick
- When
- August 18, 6:00 AM CST to 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Maverick County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.743, -100.314 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 18 to 30, 1998
- Flood in Texas, August 18 to 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 18, 1998
- Flood in Texas, August 18 to 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 18 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, August 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 1998
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: 5666501, 5666502.