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Flash Flood — Webb, TX

Oct 13, 2013

On the morning of October 13th, 2013, a complex of showers and thunderstorms developed between Eagle Pass and Cotulla. These showers and thunderstorms continued to form and move over nearly the same area throughout the afternoon and evening hours on the 13th into the early morning hours on the 14th. The combination of a slow-moving outflow boundary, a deep layer of very moist air from both the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and upper level forcing from a weak disturbance resulted in 6 t

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 481600). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Webb, TX

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