The flooding November 12-14 at first appeared dangerously similar to the devastating flood of the previous month over South Texas. An upper disturbance had moved slowly eastward toward South Texas from the Southwestern US, extending far enough south to draw deep tropical moisture across Texas from the Eastern Pacific.
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The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
The flooding November 12-14 at first appeared dangerously similar to the devastating flood of the previous month over South Texas. An upper disturbance had moved slowly eastward toward South Texas from the Southwestern US, extending far enough south to draw deep tropical moisture across Texas from the Eastern Pacific. Strong flow in the lower levels of the atmosphere from the Gulf of Mexico provided the needed low-level moisture for the rain event. Fortunately, as the event developed, the upper low moved southeastward enough into Mexico to put most of South Central Texas under a drier environment. Through the evening of Thursday, November 12th and the morning of Friday, November 13th, general 1-2 inch rainfall was indicated in the Lexington-LaGrange- Hallettsville-Cuero area as a line of thunderstorms moved across the cities. Rain amounts of up to 7 inches were reported between Lexington and LaGrange, with up to 3 inch totals in northern Lavaca and northern DeWitt Counties. With soils still very soggy from the October rainfall and flooding, flash flooding developed. over the four counties that ended in the early morning hours.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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, November 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: 5669926, 5669927, 5669925, 5669928.