Flash Flood — Duval, Texas

2023-07-07 · near San Diego, Duval, Texas

Event narrative

Report received through Facebook of 6 inches of rainfall caused flooding of roads around San Diego.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving upper level disturbance interacted with deep moisture over south Texas to produce thunderstorms over the inland Coastal Bend during the early morning hours of the 7th. Thunderstorms producing locally heavy rainfall remained over the inland Coastal Bend for several hours. Rainfall amounts ranged from 4 to 8 inches from north of Alice southwest to near Benavides. This caused flooding of roads near and south of San Diego.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1126341. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.