Flash Flood in McLennan County, Texas
Flash Flood December 16, 2001 · McLennan County, Texas
What the National Weather Service wrote
A nine year old boy drowned as he was attempting to abandon a vehicle at a low water crossing.
The wider storm
A slow moving storm system dropped heavy rain across North Central Texas Saturday night, December15th and during the day Sunday December 16th. Unofficial reports of four to ten inches of rain fell in 48 hours along and east of Interstate 35. Numerous county and farm to market roads were closed a prolonged period of time, due to sections of roadways and bridges being washed out. Many rural schools were closed Monday December 17th, as school buses were not able to pick up school children due to closed or flooded roads, and washed out bridges.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5274857. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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