Flood — Uvalde, Texas

2018-10-09 to 2018-10-12 · near Sabinal, Uvalde, Texas

Event narrative

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding of the Sabinal River. At Sabinal the river crested at 15.34 feet late on 10/9/18. Flood stage is 12 feet. It dropped below flood stage early on the 10th. A truck was washed away on RR 187 at a low water crossing that remained flooded south of Sabinal at 1:50 am Oct 12. A man in his 20s was killed and his body was found approximately one mile from the river crossing.

Wider weather episode

A shortwave trough moved through a slow moving trough over the southwestern US and triggered thunderstorms over South Central Texas. Storms were fed by a warm, moist boundary layer and some reached severe strength and produced locally heavy rain.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 788692. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.