Flood, Kerr
- When
- August 23, 9:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr forecast zone
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 30.062, -99.350 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Texas, August 23, 1998
6 feet, putting five and a half feet of turbulent flow over the highway 39 bridge, a main artery between the eastern and western portions of Kerr County. A rise of this magnitude isolates people in portions of the Guadalupe River drainage for hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 20
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
The Guadalupe River at Hunt crested at 17.6 feet, putting five and a half feet of turbulent flow over the highway 39 bridge, a main artery between the eastern and western portions of Kerr County. A rise of this magnitude isolates people in portions of the Guadalupe River drainage for hours.
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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, August 23, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1998
- Rip Current in Delaware, August 23 to 29, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, August 23, 1998
- Heat in Missouri, August 23 to 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, August 23, 1998
- Rip Currents in New Jersey, August 23 to 29, 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: 5666645.