Flash Flood, Limestone
- When
- January 5, 1:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, Groesbeck
- Coordinates
- 31.546, -96.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Portions of Highway 164 were flooded.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 5, 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), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:19 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Limestone
- When
- January 5, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, 10 mi W of Mexia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -96.670
Flash Flood, Limestone
- When
- January 5, 10:00 PM CST to 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, Groesbeck
- Coordinates
- 31.546, -96.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were reported flooded across the county.
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
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 5 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Cold in Washington, January 5 to 23, 1998
- Tornadoes in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 5 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 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: 5629508, 5629509, 5629510.