Flash Flood — Refugio, Texas

2021-05-16 · near Woodsboro, Refugio, Texas

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 963204. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.