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Flash Flood — Kerr, TX

Oct 28, 1996

Widespread additional heavy rainfall of 3 to 4 inches over Kerr County caused flash flooding to redevelop very quickly. Rainfall totals from the evening of the 27th through the morning of the 28th were 8.5 inches at Kerrville and 9 inches at Mountain Home. Two women were rescued from their motor home when it was swept off a bridge over Indian Creek into the Guadalupe River.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5572694). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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