Heavy Rain — Mclennan, Texas

2016-03-08 · near Hallsburg, Mclennan, Texas

Event narrative

A young man died and a female was injured when the car they were traveling lost control during a heavy thunderstorm and crashed. The vehicle was on SH 6 crossing the SH 164 bridge at the time.

Wider weather episode

This was a multi-day severe weather and flood event. It started with a large-scale upper level low pressure system which deepened over the Four-Corners region. Moisture and instability increased in advance of this system. Storms developed along a dry line Monday afternoon, many of which produced severe weather or flash flooding or both. Another area of storms formed ahead of the upper trough over northwest Texas Monday night and pushed east-southeast across the area Tuesday, producing severe weather and flooding. A third round of storms produced flooding across mainly the southern half of the region Tuesday night into Wednesday.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 626794. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.