Flash Flood — Aransas, Texas

2021-05-01 · near Rockport, Aransas, Texas

Event narrative

Roads under water in Rockport with cars stuck in the flood waters.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving upper low over northern Mexico interacted with deep moisture over the Coastal Bend to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms during the early morning hours of the 1st. Locally heavy rainfall led to flooding of roads from Corpus Christi to Victoria.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 959939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.