Texas, 2000Flash Flooding in Texas, June 21, 2000
June 21, 2000 · NWS FWD · 5 events in 4 counties and zones
June 21 - Event NarrativeFlooding was generally confined to the area along and east of a Montague to Dallas line. 56 inches fell in Hunt county at Commerce.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
June 21 - Event NarrativeFlooding was generally confined to the area along and east of a Montague to Dallas line. 5.01 inches was reported in Sulphur Springs in Hopkins county and 1.56 inches fell in Hunt county at Commerce.
Flash Flood, Hopkins
- When
- June 21, 7:18 PM CST to 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County, Sulphur Spgs
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous high water rescues had to be performed. Five miles of Interstate 30 were closed. Numerous county and farm to market roads were closed.
Flash Flood, Hunt
- When
- June 21, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hunt County, Commerce
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.124, -96.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous streets were flooded.
Flash Flood, Hopkins
- When
- June 21, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins County, Sulphur Spgs
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A nursing home had to be evacuated due to high water.
Flash Flood, Rockwall
- When
- June 21, 8:24 PM CST
- Where
- Rockwall County, Rockwall
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.898, -96.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding was reported in the south part of the city.
Flash Flood, Dallas
- When
- June 21, 8:26 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Dallas
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding was reported in far east Dallas.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, June 21, 2000$2.0 million · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, June 21, 2000$446,000 · F1 · 9 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 21, 2000$1.0 million · 78 kt wind · 6 events
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 21, 2000$50,000 · F0 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 21, 2000$50,000 · 72 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 21, 2000$35,000 · 0.75 in hail · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 20002 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 21, 2000$16,000 · 55 kt wind · 7 events
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 200015 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2000$16,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 21, 20001 injured · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 21, 20001 injured · 1 event
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: 5148684, 5148685, 5148688, 5148687, 5148686.