Texas, 1999Flash Flood in Texas, July 9, 1999
July 9, 1999 · NWS AMA · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A slow moving cold front and abundant low level moisture resulted in thunderstorms with locally very heavy rains over the southern end of Lake Meredith.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A slow moving cold front and abundant low level moisture resulted in thunderstorms with locally very heavy rains over the southern end of Lake Meredith.
Flash Flood, Potter
- When
- July 9, 8:30 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 12 mi E of Marsh
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding occurred in Alibates/McBride Canyon areas of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area as reported by U.S. Park Rangers during the late evening hours. A total of ten or eleven people were stranded in the high water in McBride Canyon. A Park Service vehicle in Alibates National Monument floated two hundred yards downstream and the Park Ranger had to be rescued. A total of four vehicles were stranded in McBride Canyon including a wrecker that was called out to assist one of the vehicles.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, July 9, 19993 injured · $3.6 million · F1 · 31 events
- Heat in Arkansas, July 9 to 11, 19991 death · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1999$1.5 million · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 9, 19991 injured · $221,000 · 60 kt wind · 23 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 1999$155,000 · F0 · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 1999$183,000 · 1 in hail · 17 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1999$295,000 · 55 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1999$100,000 · 70 kt wind · 16 events
- Wildfire in Virginia, July 9, 1999$99,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 1999$50,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 9, 1999$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1999$20,000 · 50 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: 5708432.