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Flash Flood — Fayette, Texas

April 17, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$10K
Area
Fayette

Event narrative (NOAA)

A law enforcement official reported a stalled car in an underpass in Schulenburg with the water rising rapidly. The car was on Highway 77 and the car stalled while going underneath the railroad underpass. An elderly couple was in the car. The woman was rescued, the elderly man drowned.

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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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