Flash Flood, Pecos
- When
- May 31, 4:15 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, Coyanosa
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.781, -102.724 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, May 31, 2000
Training thunderstorms over northwest portions of Pecos County and southeast portions of Ward County during the late afternoon and evening of May 31 resulted in heavy rainfall and the closing of numerous roadways. The WSR-88D placed rainfall estimates of 8 to 10 inches south of the community of Coyanosa on Farm to Market Road 1776.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Training thunderstorms over northwest portions of Pecos County and southeast portions of Ward County during the late afternoon and evening of May 31 resulted in heavy rainfall and the closing of numerous roadways. The WSR-88D placed rainfall estimates of 8 to 10 inches south of the community of Coyanosa on Farm to Market Road 1776. Portions of Farm to Market Road 1450, Texas Highway 18, and United States Highway 285 were underwater over northwest Pecos County through the remainder of the evening of May 31. Flooding also extended north of the Pecis River into southeast Ward County on Farm to Market Road 1776 to 8 miles northwest of Grandfalls.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Ward
- When
- May 31, 6:45 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County, 8 mi NW of Grandfalls
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.510, -103.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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: 5144239, 5144240.