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Flash FloodBell, Texas

December 20, 1997 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
Area
Bell

Event narrative (NOAA)

A car was washed off a road. Two people in the car drown in flood waters and the third was treated for hypothermia due to prolonged exposure to the cold water temperatures.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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