Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 21, 1998
Start: 1998-01-21T13:15
End: 1998-01-21T22:30
Location: Texas

January 21, 1998 · NWS FWD · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kaufman

When: January 21, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Kaufman County, 4 mi S of Rosser
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.420, -96.450

Flash Flood, Kaufman

When: January 21, 8:00 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
Where: Kaufman County, 6 mi S of Elmo
Coordinates: 32.599, -96.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Farm-to-Market Road 2727 was flooded at the intersection of Highway 429.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Texas in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, January 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: 5629983, 5630085.