Flash Flood, Atascosa
- When
- November 5, 7:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Southeast Portion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Texas, November 5 to 6, 2000
Rainfall developed along the leading edge of a cold front moving eastward across South Central Texas. General accumulations of around 2 inches with isolated totals to 4 inches caused brief flash flooding over soils already saturated by rainfall on the 2nd and 3rd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $50,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Rainfall developed along the leading edge of a cold front moving eastward across South Central Texas. General accumulations of around 2 inches with isolated totals to 4 inches caused brief flash flooding over soils already saturated by rainfall on the 2nd and 3rd.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
Event by event
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Bexar
- When
- November 5, 7:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, East Portion
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.449, -98.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Comal
- When
- November 5, 8:00 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.808, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Guadalupe
- When
- November 5, 8:30 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, West Portion
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.583, -97.949 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Wilson
- When
- November 5, 8:30 PM CST to November 6, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.174, -98.087 (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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, November 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 5, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, November 5, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 5 to 7, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 5 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 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: 5161341, 5161342, 5161343, 5161344, 5161345.