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Flash Flood — Erath, TX

Apr 24, 2019

Deaths
3
Injuries
1
Property Damage
$10K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

Storms which developed along a slow-moving cold front produced pockets of wind damage along with areas of flooding across the region Tuesday night into Wednesday. Three members of a family drowned in a flash flood when they drove their vehicle across a flooded road in Erath County.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 818799). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Erath, TX

This event is one of many recorded floods in Erath County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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