Flash Flood in Refugio County, Texas

Flash Flood May 16, 2021 · Refugio County, Texas

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flooded roads reported in and around Refugio, including Quinn Road.

The wider storm

A series of disturbances moving across South Texas produced a line of showers and thunderstorms that moved across the Coastal Bend and towards the Middle Texas Coast throughout the day on the 16th. Locally heavy rainfall led to flooding of roads in Beeville, Port Aransas, and Rockport. Fast-moving water from heavy rain in a drainage ditch in Victoria resulted in one direct fatality.

Began near Woodsboro (28.2200, -97.3300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 963204. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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