Flash Flood — San Augustine, Texas

2008-03-30 · near San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas

Event narrative

Ten to twenty inches of rain fell in the San Augustine and Sabine County area causing record flooding of some local creeks and reservoirs. Flash flooding was reported throughout the county and many bridges and roads were washed out. A fatality occurred when two people drove off the side of the road into deeper water. Only one of the occupants was able to get out.

Wider weather episode

Widespread flooding was reported along and south of a northward moving warm front across the lower Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn country of Deep East Texas into the piney woods of northeast Texas. These storms trained across the same area for most of the pre-dawn hours of the 30th as well as during the day. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts were reported across portions of the region as well with isolated tornadoes reported across portions of Deep East Texas as well as west central Louisiana during the afternoon hours of March 30th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 85474. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.