Flash Flood, Nolan
- When
- March 15, 4:55 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Coordinates
- 32.304, -100.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding reported in Sweetwater
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 15, 1998
1 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sutton
- When
- March 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sutton County, 10 mi E of Sonora
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -100.470
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
More
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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: 5632189, 5632190.