Flash Flood — Travis, Texas

2010-09-07 to 2010-09-08 · near Austin Mabry, Travis, Texas

Event narrative

Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding resulting in one death as a woman was killed when her vehicle was swept off RM2222 into Bull Creek in West Austin sometime between Midnight and 1 AM CDT. She attempted to drive through a flooded low water crossing after passing a barricade, police cruiser, and contractor truck and where a rescue was ongoing. In addition there were multiple high water rescues in Austin, Cedar Park, and Jollyville. Flooding also closed North Lamar Boulevard between 9th and 12th Streets in Austin. Rainfall up to 10.11 inches was reported in Travis County.

Wider weather episode

Tropical storm Hermine made landfall near the Texas/Mexico border on the night of September 6. The storm moved northward through South Texas into South Central Texas. Strong winds and flooding rain began in South Central Texas on September 7. On September 8 the winds subsided, but the flooding rain continued as the remnants of Hermine moved northward into Oklahoma. South Central Texas was hit very hard with widespread rains of 8-12 inches across much of the I-35 corridor from Austin down to San Antonio. Hardest hit area was north Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Georgetown. Sixteen inches of rain fell in Georgetown, with the Georgetown Co-op observer reporting 16.37 inches for the 2 day rain event. Williamson County reported 637 homes having been damaged by flood waters, with most having minor to major damage. No damage estimate from these residents are available. Damage estimates are near $8 million dollars for county infastructure including roads, bridges, public buildings and parks.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 260955. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.