Flood, Armstrong
- When
- October 31, 12:25 AM CST to 12:32 AM CST
- Where
- Armstrong forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Texas, October 31, 1998
S. Geological Survey gage.
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
- 1
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 AMA wrote it up.
Recent heavy rainfall caused the Prarie Dog Town Fork of the Red River thirteen miles northeast of Wayside to rise to ten and six hundredths feet which is just above the flood stage of ten feet as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey gage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, October 31, 1998
- Drought in New Jersey, October 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 31, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, October 31, 1998
- Drought in Delaware, October 31, 1998
- Hail in Texas, October 31, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, October 31, 1998
- Wildfire in Virginia, October 31, 1998
- Flood in Missouri, October 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, October 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5671916.