Flash Flood, Randall
- When
- October 5, 10:00 PM CST to October 6, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Canyon
- Property damage
- $68,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, October 5 to 6, 2004
Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall produced flash flooding across the south-central Texas panhandle during the late evening and into the early morning hours. two and a half feet of water was reported flowing hard across the low water crossing at Hunsley Hills Boulevard causing the road to be impassable.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $68,000
- 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 AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall produced flash flooding across the south-central Texas panhandle during the late evening and into the early morning hours. In the Hunsley Hills area of Canyon...two and a half feet of water was reported flowing hard across the low water crossing at Hunsley Hills Boulevard causing the road to be impassable. Some residents of Canyon reported flooded basements. Southeast Park in Canyon was closed due to the heavy rainfall. Also...the low water crossings at Palo Duro Canyon State Park were closed as four to six inches of water reported the road.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:01 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
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- Tornado in Colorado, October 5, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, October 5, 2004
- Hail in New Mexico, October 5, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Texas, October 5, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 5, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 5 to 6, 2004
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, October 5, 2004
- Hail in New Mexico, October 5, 2004
More
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2004
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: 5427304.