Event narrative (NOAA)
On Monday May 18th around 8:50 AM, a woman died in her Honda SUV after her vehicle was swept off a flooded road and lodged underneath a small bridge on the other side of the highway. This happened on the southwest side of San Antonio along the I-35 frontage road near Cassin Road. The vehicle drove around a barricade onto the flooded access road which was at least 2-3 feet underwater. Her body was recovered around 5 pm after flood waters receded. Many roads and low water crossings remained flooded across San Antonio due to heavy rains that occurred early Sunday morning, the previous day.
Other notable flash flood events in Texas
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.