Texas, 1998Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, September 11, 1998
September 11, 1998 · NWS HGX · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
4 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Flash Flood, Brazoria
- When
- September 11, 1:05 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brazoria County, South Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.168, -95.434 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding from T.S. Frances. Damage included in previous report.
Flash Flood, Fort Bend
- When
- September 11, 3:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, Katy
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.528, -95.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding from T.S. Frances. Damage included in previous report.
Flash Flood, Harris
- When
- September 11, 3:00 AM CST to 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding from T.S. Frances. Damage included in previous report.
Tornado, Harris
- When
- September 11, 3:32 AM CST to 3:34 AM CST
- Where
- Harris County, La Porte
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 29.670, -95.020
Tornado touchdown caused moderate damage to homes and apartments. Damage included in T.S. Frances summary.
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- September 11, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, South Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.954, -96.578 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding from T.S. Frances. Damage included in previous report.
- 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flooding and Rip Current in Guam, September 11 to 27, 19981 death · 3 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 19983 injured · $2.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 19982 injured · $5.0 million · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Nevada, September 11, 1998$405,000 · F0 · 10 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 1998$75,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 11, 1998$220,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 11, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 11, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 11, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 11 to 12, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 1998$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Louisiana, September 11, 1998$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
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: 5671715, 5671716, 5671717, 5671718, 5671777.