Flash Flood — Hale, Texas

2025-09-18 · near Hale Center, Hale, Texas

Event narrative

Local broadcast media relayed a video of flooding on Interstate-27 at the Cleveland Street underpass in Hale Center. The video also showed numerous vehicles stranded in flooded waters on the Interstate Highway.

Wider weather episode

An isolated thunderstorm initially developed over northwestern Hale County and drifted to the southeast over Hale Center (Hale County). As this storm passed over Hale Center, it produced very heavy rainfall. Although no known gauges existed in Hale Center at the time, an estimated three inches of rain fell within 30 minutes. Local broadcast media relayed a video of numerous vehicles stranded in flood waters on Interstate-27 at the Cleveland Street underpass in Hale Center.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1285132. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.