3 feet, with flood stage 25 feet, flooding a golf course. 6 feet, where flood stage is 20 feet.
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.
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 episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Flooding along the Colorado River.The Colorado River at Bastrop reached a crest of 32.3 feet, with flood stage 25 feet, flooding a golf course. At Smithville, the Colorado crested at 34.6 feet, where flood stage is 20 feet. Just upstream from Smithville, Pecan Shores Estates and Hidden Valley Estates experienced severely flooding. Numerous trailer homes floated downstream, and some permanent homes were nearly totally destroyed. At LaGrange, in Fayette County, the Colorado crested at 45.5 feet, with flood stage 32 feet The Frisch Auf community had water up to five feet deep in several homes. Several homes were flooded with up to three feet inside them. Numerous mobile homes had water under them.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5672519, 5672520.