Flash Flood, Comal
- When
- July 3, 11:30 PM CST to July 4, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Comal County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.808, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, July 3 to 4, 1998
Rainfall of up to 5 inches in Burnet, 3 inches in Williamson, 4 inches over Llano, Hays and Comal and about 6 inches in Blanco Counties caused widespread flash flooding over a large part of the sic county area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Rainfall of up to 5 inches in Burnet, 3 inches in Williamson, 4 inches over Llano, Hays and Comal and about 6 inches in Blanco Counties caused widespread flash flooding over a large part of the sic county area.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:27 UTC.
Event by event
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Hays
- When
- July 3, 11:30 PM CST to July 4, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hays County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.058, -98.031 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Blanco
- When
- July 4, 12:30 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Blanco County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.266, -98.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Burnet
- When
- July 4, 3:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.788, -98.182 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Williamson
- When
- July 4, 3:30 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.648, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Llano
- When
- July 4, 4:30 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Llano County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.706, -98.684 (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 Flood in Alabama, July 3, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Wildfire in Washington, July 3 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3 to 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Montana, July 3, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, July 3, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 3 to 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, July 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5658344, 5658345, 5658346, 5658347, 5658348, 5658349.