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Flood — Harris, TX

Oct 17, 1998

Severe flooding revisited the Houston HSA during the month of October. The event began Saturday afternoon October 17th as train echo development across the northwest HSA. Through early Sunday morning October 18th an MCS moved slowly through the northern and western portions of the HSA producing extremely heavy rain. This same complex had moved earlier through the San Antonio area. The size and intensity of the complex along with the repeated development of heavy rains resulted in widespread

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5677032). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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