Texas, 1999Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23 to 24, 1999
August 23 to 24, 1999 · NWS BRO · 4 events in 2 counties and zones
2 flash flood, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $18,000
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Events
- 4
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, Brooks
- When
- August 23, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brooks County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 27.032, -98.219 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extensive street and lowland flooding from heavy rains 8/23/99. Los Olmos creasted near 10 feet in Falfurrias at about 7:00 PM tuesday, 8/24/99, causing some damage and requiring some evacuations.
Flash Flood, Hidalgo
- When
- August 23, 11:00 AM CST to August 24, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County, Donna
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.397, -98.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Local street and lowland flooding from brief very heavy rains.
Tornado, Hidalgo
- When
- August 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County, Weslaco
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 26.170, -97.980
F0 tornado touched down briefly near 10th Street and Bridge Avenue.
Tornado, Hidalgo
- When
- August 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County, Weslaco to 2 mi NE of Weslaco
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.180, -97.950
Citrus ande pecan trees damaged.
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 1999$126,000 · 55 kt wind · 11 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 1999$54,000 · 1 in hail · 14 events
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 23, 19991 injured · $30,000 · 2 events
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 31, 19993 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 23, 1999$30,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 23, 1999$20,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 events
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 29, 19991 injured · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 29, 19991 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 23, 19991 injured · 1 event
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 23, 199955 kt wind · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, August 23, 19990.75 in hail · 7 events
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, August 23, 199955 kt wind · 6 events
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: 5718806, 5718807, 5718808, 5718809.