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Flash Flood in Kendall County, Texas

Flash Flood May 29, 2016 · Kendall County, Texas

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A young lady drowned on Cypress Creek near the intersection of Highway 27 and Water Street in Comfort. The car was swept off into the creek due to heavy rain. Two occupants made it to safety. One other occupant drowned and was recovered several miles downstream.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed in a moist, conditionally unstable airmass along an outflow boundary from the previous day's convection in north Texas. Some of these storms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and heavy rain that led to flash flooding.

Began near Comfort (29.9677, -98.9167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 639334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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