Flash Flood, Glasscock
- When
- March 22, 7:25 PM CST to March 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -101.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
Glasscock County was probably the most affected county in the region by the flooding. Almost the entire county received in excess of 2 inches of rain with the northwest half (about 400 square miles) of the county getting inundated with around 6 inches of rain.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $400,000
- 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 MAF wrote it up.
Glasscock County was probably the most affected county in the region by the flooding. Almost the entire county received in excess of 2 inches of rain with the northwest half (about 400 square miles) of the county getting inundated with around 6 inches of rain. Much of this rainfall collected in Mustang Draw that flowed northward into Howard County where the vehicle fatalities occurred. Highway 137 in the northwest part of the county was closed for many days before flood waters receded. The high, swift flows took out fence lines over much of the area.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 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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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: 5138906.