Flash Flood, Ector
- When
- October 24, 5:10 PM CST to October 25, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.869, -102.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, October 24 to 25, 2000
A series of thunderstorms produced flooding during the evening of the 24th that continued into the afternoon of the 25th. Radar estimated that 3 to 4 inches of rain fell across much of the county with over 6 inches near Notrees.
Where it happened
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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.
A series of thunderstorms produced flooding during the evening of the 24th that continued into the afternoon of the 25th. Radar estimated that 3 to 4 inches of rain fell across much of the county with over 6 inches near Notrees. Numerous roads in the western and northern part of the county were flooded and had to be barricaded.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 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
- Dense Fog in Washington, October 24, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Flooding in Kansas, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, October 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5161103.