Flash Flood, Refugio
- When
- September 16, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Refugio County, Refugio
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.322, -97.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16 to 22, 1998
6 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 7
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Victoria
- When
- September 16, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Victoria County, Victoria
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.796, -96.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Calhoun
- When
- September 16, 9:35 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Port O Conner
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 28.439, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Calhoun
- When
- September 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Seadrift
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 28.439, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Aransas
- When
- September 16, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Aransas County, Rockport
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.015, -97.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Aransas
- When
- September 17, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Aransas County, Holiday Beach
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.015, -97.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Nueces
- When
- September 22, 10:48 AM CST
- Where
- Nueces County, Corpus Christi
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 27.780, -97.420
NWS meteorologist and numerous spotter reports of a funnel cloud which descended to the ground as a tornado. The life cycle of the tornado ranged between 5 and 10 minutes.
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16 to 17, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, September 16 to 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Colorado, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 16 to 17, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, September 16, 1998
- Hail in California, September 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1998Warnings in Texas, September 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5667628, 5667629, 5667630, 5667631, 5667632, 5667633, 5667691.