Flash Flood, Lee
- When
- July 13, 3:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, South Portion
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.311, -96.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, July 13, 1999
Brief flooding was reported in the Giddings area and over southern Lee County as thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rainfall with isolated totals of up to 5 inches.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Brief flooding was reported in the Giddings area and over southern Lee County as thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rainfall with isolated totals of up to 5 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, July 13, 1999
- Flash Flood in California, July 13, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Flash Flood in California, July 13, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, July 13, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, July 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 13, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in California, July 13, 1999
- Damaging Winds in California, July 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5703340.