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Flash Flood — Runnels, TX

Sep 3, 2024

A significant heavy rainfall event occurred early in the month across mainly the Concho Valley, northern Heartland and southern Big Country due to a slow moving upper level storm system and a very moist tropical airmass, which was near record levels for early September. Numerous showers and a few thunderstorms produced localized heavy rainfall amounts greater than 10 inches across portions of northeast Tom Green, southwest Runnels and northern Concho counties which resulted in significant areal

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1216288). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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