During the late evening of July 16th, 1987 and into the early morning of the 17th thunderstorms developed and moved slowly eastward through the Hill Country of South Central Texas. The storms produced a train-effect, one following another, and a large area of 5-10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the Guadalupe River basin. The heavy rainfall was triggered by a mid level low interacting with a weak cold front and copious amounts of moisture from the Gulf of America. As much as 11.50 inches of rain occurred 9 miles west of Hunt, Texas. This resulted in a massive flood wave that traveled down the Guadalupe River through Ingram, Kerrville, and eventually Comfort, Texas during morning hours of the 17th.
The Guadalupe River at Comfort rose 29 feet that morning and crested at 31.50 feet, the ninth highest crest in recorded history. Upstream at Kerrville and Hunt the river crested at it's second highest crest on record and higher than the famous 1978 flood. At the peak of the flood the Guadalupe River was estimated to be two-thirds of a mile from its normal bank near Comfort, Texas.
Hundreds of other people along the Guadalupe River and its tributaries that night and morning had to be evacuated. The 1987 Guadalupe Flood is unfortunately known for the tragic loss of 10 teenagers lives and 33 other injuries when a bus and van leaving a church camp encountered the flood waters
Maybe a once in 38 years for this area...
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During the late evening of July 16th, 1987 and into the early morning of the 17th thunderstorms developed and moved slowly eastward through the Hill Country of South Central Texas. The storms produced a train-effect, one following another, and a large area of 5-10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the Guadalupe River basin. The heavy rainfall was triggered by a mid level low interacting with a weak cold front and copious amounts of moisture from the Gulf of America. As much as 11.50 inches of rain occurred 9 miles west of Hunt, Texas. This resulted in a massive flood wave that traveled down the Guadalupe River through Ingram, Kerrville, and eventually Comfort, Texas during morning hours of the 17th.
The Guadalupe River at Comfort rose 29 feet that morning and crested at 31.50 feet, the ninth highest crest in recorded history. Upstream at Kerrville and Hunt the river crested at it's second highest crest on record and higher than the famous 1978 flood. At the peak of the flood the Guadalupe River was estimated to be two-thirds of a mile from its normal bank near Comfort, Texas.
Hundreds of other people along the Guadalupe River and its tributaries that night and morning had to be evacuated. The 1987 Guadalupe Flood is unfortunately known for the tragic loss of 10 teenagers lives and 33 other injuries when a bus and van leaving a church camp encountered the flood waters
SMH. I will take what they all said at the presser.