COMET Case Study 035:San Antonio Flood at UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC

During the weekend of 17-18 October 1998, heavy rains fell over south
and southeast Texas. Low level moisture was transported into southeast
Texas from the Gulf of mexico while Hurricane Madeline off the Pacific
coast of Mexico provided mid-level moisture into southern Texas. 20 to
30 inches of rain fell locally near San Antonio, with surrounding
areas receiving 10 to 20 inches of precipitation. This heavy rainfall
resulted in flash flooding from San Antonio to Austin, followed by
record breaking river flooding along several southern Texas rivers in
the following days. 31 people drowned during the flooding.

For more information, see:
"http://www.joss.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_035"

and

"http://www.comet.ucar.edu/resources/cases/c35_17oct98/"