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Flash Flood — Bexar, TX

Sep 8, 2010

Tropical storm Hermine made landfall near the Texas/Mexico border on the night of September 6. The storm moved northward through South Texas into South Central Texas. Strong winds and flooding rain began in South Central Texas on September 7. On September 8 the winds subsided, but the flooding rain continued as the remnants of Hermine moved northward into Oklahoma. South Central Texas was hit very hard with widespread rains of 8-12 inches across much of the I-35 corridor from Austin down to San

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 261086). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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