Jun 2, 2017
Over 8 inches of very heavy rain fell near Lake Throckmorton during the morning hours of June 2nd. The heavy rain filled Lake Throckmorton, over topped the spillway and flooded the south side of Throckmorton with swift moving, deep water. Several homes and a business were flooded. A couple of storms produced damaging microburst winds.||On June 2, a 70 mph thunderstorm microburst wind was measured about 11 miles southwest of Sweetwater and a NWS employee estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm micro
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 706042). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Throckmorton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.