Flash Flood, Upton
- When
- March 22, 9:00 PM CST to March 23, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Upton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 31.369, -102.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
Widespread flooding occurred across much of the county with the heaviest band of rain in excess of 6 inches stretching from the Crane County line north of McCamey to northeastern Upton County near Midkiff. Most highways and roads in these parts of the county were closed, with one bridge on State Highway 329 sustaining heavy damage to its surface.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
Widespread flooding occurred across much of the county with the heaviest band of rain in excess of 6 inches stretching from the Crane County line north of McCamey to northeastern Upton County near Midkiff. Most highways and roads in these parts of the county were closed, with one bridge on State Highway 329 sustaining heavy damage to its surface.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:58 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
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 22, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, March 22, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, March 22, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2000
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: 5138912.