September 1979 Texas Flood

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September 1979 Texas Flood

#1 Postby Ptarmigan » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:14 pm

After Tropical Storm Claudette dumped 45 inches of rain. Texas got hit by another flood event on September 17-21. This time it is caused by a combination of a slow moving front and remnant of Tropical Depression 20. Up to 20 inches of rain fell in this flood event in the Houston area.

AMS Journal-1979 Flood
Wikipedia-1979 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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