Flash Flood — Guadalupe, Texas
2017-03-10 · near Marion, Guadalupe, Texas
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Direct deaths
Event narrative
Heavy rain during the evening of March 9 caused Santa Clara Creek to flood a low water crossing on the I-10 access road near exit 599. A car was swept off the road and a woman passenger was killed.
Wider weather episode
An upper level trough moved over Texas and interacted with a very moist boundary layer to produce isolated thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 683056. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.