Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- April 12, 10:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Nederland
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.854, -94.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, April 12, 2000
5 inches of rain fell in less than three hours, resulting in significant flooding of central Jefferson County. The hardest hit area was Nederland, where several homes and businesses, including a hotel, had over a foot of water enter them.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- 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 LCH wrote it up.
Between 5 and 7.5 inches of rain fell in less than three hours, resulting in significant flooding of central Jefferson County. The hardest hit area was Nederland, where several homes and businesses, including a hotel, had over a foot of water enter them. There were many reports of stalled cars on feeder roads off of Highway 69.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:57 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
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- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 12, 2000
- Hail in Texas, April 12, 2000
- Flood in Connecticut, April 12 to 13, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, April 12, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, April 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 12, 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: 5140929.