Texas, 2005

Flash Flooding in Texas, June 1, 2005

June 1, 2005 · NWS EWX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
3 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MASSIVE MCS MOVING THROUGH THE STATE IS DROPPING COPIOUS RAIN.  THIS
WILL SUPPRESS DAYTIME HEATING AND KEEP TODAYS HIGHS MAINLY IN THE
85 TO 90 RANGE.  GOOD SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL SLIDE ON THROUGH TODAY.
THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS REBUILDING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH A
SUBSIDENT FLOW OVER US TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SLACK GRAIDENT
AND WET GROUNDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FOG THURSDAY MORNING. THE NEXT
VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS DUE FRIDAY. TIMING UNSURE AS ALL
MODELS HAVE DIFFERING LONGITUDINAL POSITIONS. COULD BE AS EARLY AS
FRIDAY MORNING OR LATE AS FRIDAY NIGHT. EITHER WAY, GOOD SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS THE DRY LINE WILL
BE CLOSE BY FOR STORM INITIATION. UPPER HEIGHTS GRADUALLY INCREASE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH MINOR DISTURBANCES CONTINUING TO FLOW EAST
ACROSS TEXAS.  A DIFLUENT UPPER FLOW DEVELOPS OVER WEST TEXAS NEXT
WEEK.  THIS WILL LIMIT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO EVENING
HOURS MAINLY WESTERN MOST COUNTIES.

TODAYS POPS HIGHER THIS MORNING THEN DROP TO 10%-20% THIS AFTERNOON.
POPS INCREASE FRIDAY WITH THE NEXT STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH. WILL GO
LOWER THAN MOS ON FRI MIN TEMPS, EXPECTING ANOTHER MCS WILL DEVELOP.
OTHERWISE TEMPS REMAIN IN THE SEASONAL RANGE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              90  74  91 74 / 60  10  10  20
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  89  72  90 74 / 60  10  10  20
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           95  75  97 76 / 40   0   0  20
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       90  74  91 75 / 50  10  10  20

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.

&&

06/02/JB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 10:59 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1159 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-010701-
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT-
DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS-
UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA-
1159 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

...INCREASING CHANCEs FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM OVER WEST AND NORTH TEXAS...THAT IS PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS...WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AT 30 TO 35
MPH TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THIS WILL CAUSE AN
INCREASING CHANCE FOR MAINLY THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS OVER
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT TO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF WEDNESDAY.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:37 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
237 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 AM     HAIL             KERRVILLE               30.04N 99.14W
06/01/2005  0.88 INCH        KERR               TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

JBP
Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:54 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
254 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 AM     HAIL             24 W MOUNTAIN HOME      30.17N 99.77W
06/01/2005  1.75 INCH        EDWARDS            TX   AIRPLANE PILOT

            OBSERVER LIVES ON THE KERR/EDWARDS CO LINE ON HWY83 20
            MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION.

&&

JBP

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:59 UTC.

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Event by event

4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Edwards

When
June 1, 3:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where
Edwards County, Northeast Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.933, -100.233

Thunderstorms from eastern Edwards County across northern Real County and into western Kerr and Bandera Counties produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain. Highest totals were near 3 inches in the extreme northeast corner of the county. US377 and SH41 were closed due to flash flooding northeast of Rocksprings.

Flash Flood, Kerr

When
June 1, 3:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
Where
Kerr County, West Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.083, -99.333

Thunderstorms from eastern Edwards County across northern Real County and into western Kerr Counties produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain. Highest totals were near 3 inches west of Hunt. SH41 and SH39 were closed due to flash flooding near the Real County line. FM1340 was also closed west of Hunt.

Flash Flood, Real

When
June 1, 3:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
Where
Real County, North Portion
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.800, -99.833

Thunderstorms from eastern Edwards County across northern Real County and into western Kerr Counties produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain. Highest totals were near 3 inches in extreme northeast Real County. FM336 was closed due to flash flooding near the Edwards County line. SH41 was closed near the Kerr County line.

Flash Flood, Bandera

When
June 1, 3:30 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
Where
Bandera County, West Portion
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.750, -99.250

Thunderstorms from eastern Edwards County across northern Real County and into western Kerr and Bandera Counties produced a general 1 to 2 inch rain. Highest totals were near 4 inches in the Tarpley area. FM462 and FM470 were closed due to flash flooding near Tarpley. FM187 was closed north of Vanderpool.

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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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: 5454706, 5454707, 5454708, 5454709.