Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Burnet
Event narrative (NOAA)
Slow-moving thunderstorms brought heavy rain for several hours to Burnet on the morning of July 5. Burnet Municipal Airport reported 8.67 inches of rain. An LCRA gauge in Burnet reported 11.67 inches. The torrential rainfall caused the rapid rise of Hamilton Creek. A 22 year old man commuting through Burnet was swept off the road at Park Road 4 and US 281 into Honey Creek, a tributary of Hamilton Creek. His body was recovered 8 miles downstream.
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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.