Flash Flood in Erath County, Texas

Flash Flood April 24, 2019 · Erath County, Texas

Deaths

Injury

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Erath County Sheriff's Department reported that a vehicle was swept off the road after driving into high water along Highway 1702 approximately 3 miles south of the city of Dublin, TX. A mother and her two children drowned. The name of the creek that was over the road was Kirkendell Creek.

The wider storm

Storms which developed along a slow-moving cold front produced pockets of wind damage along with areas of flooding across the region Tuesday night into Wednesday. Three members of a family drowned in a flash flood when they drove their vehicle across a flooded road in Erath County.

Began near Dublin Comm Arpt (32.0186, -98.3280).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 818799. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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