Flash Flood in Bowie County, Texas

Flash Flood May 28, 1998 · Bowie County, Texas

Injuries

$1.1M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Excessive rain over a short period of time caused numerous flooding problems across the city. Cars were stranded and stalled with several underpasses flooded. A 21 year old woman was critically injured when her car was swept off a road into a drainage ditch. A 20 year old man riding with her managed to pull himself free of the vehicle by grabbing onto a branch hanging over the ditch. An estimated 500 residents were evacuated from their homes including 50 residents of a Texarkana, TX nursing home.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5640492. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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