Flash Flood, Frio
- When
- June 24, 7:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Pearsall
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.868, -99.108 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, June 24, 1999
Thunderstorms produced general 3 to 4 inch rainfall just east of Pearsall in just over one hour. Brief flash flooding was reported in Pearsall.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- 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.
Thunderstorms produced general 3 to 4 inch rainfall just east of Pearsall in just over one hour. Brief flash flooding was reported in Pearsall.
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 24, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 24, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, June 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 24, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5699096.