Flash Flood in Bastrop County, Texas

Flash Flood November 5, 2002 · Bastrop County, Texas

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Bastrop woman was swept away in her car as she attempted to drive through the Cedar Creek crossing at Lower Red Rock Road, just off FM304 southwest of Bastrop. She called police at 0525CST to say that she had driven into deep water and the car was beginning to flood. She was rescued by emergency personnel but died shortly afterward at the Smithville hospital.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5323335. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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