Flash Flood, Frio
- When
- August 6, 7:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Southwest Portion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.868, -99.108 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, August 6, 1998
Up to 8 inches of rain fell in southwestern Frio County, causing widespread flooding in Dilley. Brief flooding also took place in San Antonio over the northern side of the city as 2 inches fell in 30 minutes.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $33,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Up to 8 inches of rain fell in southwestern Frio County, causing widespread flooding in Dilley. Brief flooding also took place in San Antonio over the northern side of the city as 2 inches fell in 30 minutes. A general 3-inch rain across Dimmit County, with 6 inch totals in the northeastern part of county, caused numerous roads to go under water with flash flooding in the cities of Carrizo Springs and near Big Wells.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Bexar
- When
- August 6, 7:45 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, San Antonio
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Dimmit
- When
- August 6, 8:30 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County, Northeast Portion
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.423, -99.757 (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 Wisconsin, August 6 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 6, 1998
- Heat in Texas, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, August 6 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 6, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, August 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 6, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 6, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 6, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 6, 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: 5666495, 5666496, 5666497.