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Flood — Brooks, TX

May 13, 2015

Although the weather had quieted down, a second wave of flooding washed over parts of Falfurrias, due to Palo Blanco Creek overspilling its banks. This caused road closures on Travis Street near Falfurrias High school during the late morning and early afternoon of May 13th. Some of the flooding may have been indirectly caused from upstream rainfall in northern Duval County that morning, where an estimated 5 to 8 inches of rain fell.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 582902). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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