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Flash Flood — Burnet, TX

Sep 7, 2002

By Saturday evening, the remnants of Fay had moved to near Dilley, and storms stretched from the Rio Grande River near Del Rio and Eagle Pass eastward to Giddings, Schulenburg and Hallettsville. A band of very heavy rain was moving slowly northwestward from the Austin area into the eastern Hill Country. Rain amounts in this area averaged 1 to 2 inches with isolated totals to 4 and 5 inches. Flash flooding developed in the evening, ending near midnight.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5320645). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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