Flash Flood, Texas
- When
- August 7, 9:30 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Cabool
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.317, -91.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, August 7, 2000
An intense thunderstorm hit the City of Cabool around 9:30 am, as over five inches of rain caused flash flooding and strong winds downed trees and disrupted power service to a large portion of the town. Rain amounts ranging from four to over five inches were reported in less than an hour during the storm.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
An intense thunderstorm hit the City of Cabool around 9:30 am, as over five inches of rain caused flash flooding and strong winds downed trees and disrupted power service to a large portion of the town. Rain amounts ranging from four to over five inches were reported in less than an hour during the storm. The lower portion of Roberts Park resembled a raging river and a number of streets were closed due to water.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:27 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 7 to 10, 2000
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 7, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, August 7 to 12, 2000
- Heat in Texas, August 7, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 7, 2000
- Wildfire in Wyoming, August 7 to 18, 2000
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, August 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 7, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 2000
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: 5171572.