Flash Flood, Lee
- When
- June 25, 6:30 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.311, -96.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, June 25, 1999
General 2 to 3 inch rainfall over the southern part of the county, with totals to near 7 inches near Dime Box and 6 inches in the Giddings area, produced flash flooding. Water flooded one business and covered many streets in Giddings, as well as covering a small part of US290 just east of the town.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- 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.
General 2 to 3 inch rainfall over the southern part of the county, with totals to near 7 inches near Dime Box and 6 inches in the Giddings area, produced flash flooding. Water flooded one business and covered many streets in Giddings, as well as covering a small part of US290 just east of the town.
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
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More
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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: 5699097.