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Flash FloodFort Bend, Texas

October 16, 2006 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$15K
Area
Fort Bend

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 56 year old male driver of a vehicle drowned when he lost control on a water covered roadway on FM 1462 near the Fort Bend-Brazoria County line. The vehicle overturned and landed upside down in a deep ditch filled with water. The victim was discovered after 6 AM.

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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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