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Flash Flood — Travis, TX

Sep 8, 2002

The showers that had formed over the southeast part of South Central Texas near midnight mov ed into the Austin area and northern Hill Country in the early morning. Rain amounts averaged 1 to 2 inches with isolated totals to near 5 inches. With soils already saturated from rainfall on September 7, flash flooding developed by mid morning, ending near noon.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5320650). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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