Texas, 1999

Flash Flood in Texas, June 8, 1999

June 8, 1999 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An upper level disturbance helped to organize storms over southwest Texas, but before the disturbance passed through, several storms moved over southern Reeves County. The storms eventually formed into a line that stretched north into eastern New Mexico.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

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 MAF wrote it up.

An upper level disturbance helped to organize storms over southwest Texas, but before the disturbance passed through, several storms moved over southern Reeves County. The storms eventually formed into a line that stretched north into eastern New Mexico.

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:12 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Reeves

When
June 8, 8:15 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
Reeves County, Balmorhea
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.323, -103.693 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain from a series of storms added to cause minor flooding in Balmorhea.

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

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: 5705600.