Flash Flood, Bell
- When
- January 4, 7:45 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County, Temple
- Coordinates
- 31.038, -97.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Portions of I-35 were flooded.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 4, 1998
2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bell
- When
- January 4, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County, 2 mi E of Temple
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.320
Flash Flood, Bell
- When
- January 4, 8:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County, Troy
- Coordinates
- 31.038, -97.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Portions of I-35 were flooded and closed due to six to eight feet of water over the road.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, January 4 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5631596, 5631597, 5631598.