Flash Flood, Edwards
- When
- April 25, 9:30 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -100.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, April 25, 1999
Flash flooding was reported over eastern Edwards County and western Real Counties due to general 2-3 inch rainfall with up to 5 inches maximum amounts. The worst flooding took place near Camp Wood and the Barksdale area, where flash flooding was knee-deep in some places.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 EWX wrote it up.
Flash flooding was reported over eastern Edwards County and western Real Counties due to general 2-3 inch rainfall with up to 5 inches maximum amounts. The worst flooding took place near Camp Wood and the Barksdale area, where flash flooding was knee-deep in some places. Nearly all of the damage was to roads and streets.
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Real
- When
- April 25, 9:30 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Real County, West Portion
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.832, -99.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Oklahoma, April 25 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 25, 1999
- Flooding in Oklahoma, April 25 to 28, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 25, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 25, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 25, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 25, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, April 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 25, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, April 25, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 1999
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: 5686386, 5686387.