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Flash Flood — Foard, TX

Jun 19, 1999

Several severe thunderstorms formed over western north Texas during the late afternoon and evening of the 19th. Two 45-foot grain silos, filled to capacity, were reported to have been blown over in Stanfield in Clay County, while also in Clay County, 2 miles south of Dean, a 15-foot tall, 10-inch diameter tree was blown over onto Highway 2393. Lightning struck and killed 4 cows, 2 miles north of Crowell in Foard County, and a tree was struck by lightning at the Clay County Courthouse in Henriett

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5712701). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Foard, TX

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