Flash Flood, Gaines
- When
- May 31, 5:42 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, North Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.741, -102.635 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, May 31, 2000
Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early evening of May 31 over Gaines County and moved slowly north across the area. The Gaines County Sheriff's Office reported flooding over the northern and northeastern portions of the county.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early evening of May 31 over Gaines County and moved slowly north across the area. The Gaines County Sheriff's Office reported flooding over the northern and northeastern portions of the county. Radar estimated hourly rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches accompanied these thunderstorms, which exited Gaines County approximately an hour and a half after developing. Flooding continued across Gaines County for another two hours before waters finally receded.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 31, 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: 5144241.