A weak upper level disturbance produced heavy rainfall across the eastern sections of the area. The heaviest rain fell across the Heartland and the eastern sections of the Concho Valley, where high water closed Highway 83 in Concho County and County Road 45 in Brown County.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A weak upper level disturbance produced heavy rainfall across the eastern sections of the area. The heaviest rain fell across the Heartland and the eastern sections of the Concho Valley, where high water closed Highway 83 in Concho County and County Road 45 in Brown County. The worst flooding occurred in the city of Brownwood, where floodwaters entered a few homes and cars became stranded at several intersections.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
County Road 45 flooded and impassable in southern Brown county
Vehicles stranded in high water...with floodwaters also entering a few homes
Highway 83 flooded and impassable north of Eden
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 1998
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: 5663696, 5663697, 5663698.