Event narrative (NOAA)
Additional 2 to 3 inch totals fell across Bexar County with isolated totals of up to 6 inches in the north central part of the city of San Antonio. Flash flooding developed very quickly and was countywide in its coverage. Small streams and creeks were also flash flooding. Officials reported more than 230 high water rescues in San Antonio from the night of July 1 through noon on July 2. Damage was reported to numerous roads and bridges across the county. An elderly couple apparently attempted to drive home from a restaurant during the severe flash flooding late Monday evening, despite the pleas of the restaurant patrons. Their bodies were recovered near 0930CST on July 4 in their submerged automobile in Olmos Creek. A young man and his friend were playing near swollen Apache Creek wh
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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.