Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999

Utility lines knocked down in the Mesquite community.

Roads were covered with flooding waters including a foot of water running across FM 1054.

Rear-flank downdraft winds blew a car off the road and blew down 40 utility poles near Fluvanna. Five Hundred customers lost power with some power outages lasting until 5:30 Sunday morning (over 32 hours).

Scattered thunderstorm wind damage occurred near Lake Thomas that included roofs blown off two carports and a lake pumphouse, a travel trailer overturned, and 15 utility poles broken. The winds were associated with the RFD winds that hit the Mesquite area.

The Fluvanna storm moved to the southeast.

A major flood and flash flood event occurred on the Friday night, June 11 and into Saturday afternoon, June 12. Four separate thunderstorm cells/complexes moved over Scurry County between 9pm and 2:15 am CDT Friday night with the first initial flooding report at 9:30pm west of Snyder on Highway 180. Rain totals of 5-7 inches were common across northern Scurry County, and heavy rains from the night of the 10th contributed to the flooding as well. At about 1:45 am, the Department of Public Safety reported water starting to flow over U.S. 84 between Snyder and Dermott. One more bout of heavy rain crossed over this area for the next half hour, then the storms moved off to the east.Department of Transportation personnel were waving at people attempting to keep them from entering the flood waters, but the drivers were not heeding this warning. A 48-year-old woman from Dallas, TX and her parents were in her sedan driving to the northwest on U.S. Highway 84 between Snyder and Dermott. At 2:47 am they entered the flooded waters 8.1 miles northwest of Snyder. The rushing waters were 2-3 feet deep running across the highway from Northeast to southwest. The car was pushed from the left lane into the center median that separates the northbound and southbound traffic of this four lane highway. The car disappeared into the waters in the median. The parents of the woman were rescued by a man in a following vehicle, but the woman could not be saved. Waters continued to rise for a short while later. Flooding on the highway receded about 5am. This highway was closed from Roscoe to Post until 11:15 am.Later in the morning more showers developed in Scurry County that caused additional minor flooding and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon in Dawson and Borden Counties that moved across the southern parts of Scurry County as well. Flash flooding was popping up for an extended period of time in several sections of the county.Deep Creek was above flood stage in the city of Snyder, cresting at 15.5 feet on Saturday morning, 4.5 feet above flood stage. One business and one house were flooded by rising waters. The running water also broke apart some asphalt on 26th St., and some bridges in town were flooded.

Hail up to baseball size pounded the countryside near Dunn. Cars and houses suffered extensive damage in the area. Holes were knocked in vinyl siding.