Flash Flood in Fayette County, Texas

Flash Flood April 17, 2009 · Fayette County, Texas

Death

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A law enforcement official reported a stalled car in an underpass in Schulenburg with the water rising rapidly. The car was on Highway 77 and the car stalled while going underneath the railroad underpass. An elderly couple was in the car. The woman was rescued, the elderly man drowned.

The wider storm

An upper level area of low pressure sent a series of short wave troughs across South Central Texas which produced severe thunderstorms.

Began near Schulenburg (29.6800, -96.9100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 167168. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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