Flash Flood, Dallas
- When
- December 11, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Dallas
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous streets were closed due to high water from thunderstorm rain.
Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, December 11 to 12, 1999
2 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:49 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Dallas
- When
- December 12, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Dallas
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous streets remained closed due to high water.
Lightning, Collin
- When
- December 12, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Collin County, Plano
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.188, -96.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning started a fire that burned down the Peaceable Kingdom Retreat For Children.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 11 to 12, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 11, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, December 11 to 12, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, December 11, 1999
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 11, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 11, 1999
- High Wind in California, December 11, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 11 to 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 11 to 12, 1999
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 11 to 12, 1999
- High Wind in New York, December 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 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: 5720185, 5720187, 5720186.