Flash Flood in Refugio County, Texas
Flash Flood March 9, 2016 · Refugio County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Texas Department of Transportation reported water over the highway on Farm to Market Road 629 between Farm to Market Roads 136 and 1360.
The wider storm
A slow moving upper level low along with plentiful moisture and a strong low level jet produced strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over portions of South Texas during the late evening of March 8th and early morning hours of March 9th. Severe thunderstorms impacted the coastal counties of South Texas around daybreak, with the storms producing damaging straight-line winds. Persistent very heavy rainfall produced flash flooding over the southern Coastal Bend where six or more inches of rain fell in 2 to 3 hours.
Began near Woodsboro (28.2140, -97.2839).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 624920. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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