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Flash Flood — Comal, TX

Jun 9, 2010

An upper level area of low pressure combined with deep boundary layer moisture to produce a slow moving mesoscale convective system. This MCS produced excessive rainfall from Atascosa to Comal counties. CoCoRAHs observers reported 7.81 inches of rain near Pleasanton and 11.30 inches near New Braunfels. Heavy rain began shortly after midnight over portions of southern Comal County. Heavy rains in excess of 11+ inches fell in the area centered between the Guadalupe River and Highway 46 between 2

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 245139). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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