Flash Flood, Blanco
- When
- July 4, 2:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blanco County, West Portion
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.266, -98.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, July 4, 1998
Additional rainfall of up to 2 inches in western Blanco County and western Comal County caused a brief redevelopment of flash flooding over numerous low water crossings.
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
- $6,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Additional rainfall of up to 2 inches in western Blanco County and western Comal County caused a brief redevelopment of flash flooding over numerous low water crossings.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Comal
- When
- July 4, 2:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County, West Portion
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.808, -98.278 (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
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 4, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, July 4 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 4, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, July 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Kansas, July 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 4, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 4, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, July 4, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 4, 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: 5658350, 5658351.