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Flash FloodBexar, Texas

November 22, 2004 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Bexar

Event narrative (NOAA)

An area of showers and thunderstorms redeveloped late on the evening of November 21 and continued into the early morning hours of the 22nd. It produced widespread 1 inch totals over Atascosa, Bexar, Frio and Medina Counties, resulting in the flash flooding of numerous rural roads. Highest rain totals in Bexar County were near 4 inches from Elmendorf to St Hedwig. More than 60 city streets and over 40 county roads were closed due to flooding. Non-essential San Antonio city government employees were sent home early and college campuses were closed. A woman in north central San Antonio attempted to drive her minivan through a low water crossing over Lorence Creek in the 14700 block of Henderson Pass near 830 am, when the vehicle stalled in deep, rising water. She left the vehicle, attem

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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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