Flash Flood, Dawson
- When
- October 25, 2:00 AM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -101.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, October 25, 2000
Numerous thunderstorms that produced very heavy rain moved across Dawson county during the early morning hours. These storms produced widespread 1 to 2 inch rainfall and many areas south and east of Lamesa received between 3 and 4 inches of rain.
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.
Numerous thunderstorms that produced very heavy rain moved across Dawson county during the early morning hours. These storms produced widespread 1 to 2 inch rainfall and many areas south and east of Lamesa received between 3 and 4 inches of rain. Additional storms moved through the county several hours later resulting in significant street flooding in Lamesa. Flooding problems continued to worsen through the day and additional storms moved through the area during the late afternoon. Reliable reports of over 5 inches of rainfall were received at Lamesa. The Red Cross reported having to evacuate over 40 people.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 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
- Dense Fog in Ohio, October 25, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, October 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 25, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Michigan, October 25, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, October 25, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 25, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 25, 2000
- Heat in Alabama, October 25, 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: 5161102.