Texas, 1999

Flash 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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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.

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.

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:30 UTC.

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1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

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.

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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: 5708432.