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.