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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819975103321

Autore

Burnett Jonathan <1962->

Titolo

Flash floods in Texas [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathan Burnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-60344-393-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

River books

ATM nature guides

Disciplina

551.48/909764

Soggetti

Floods - Texas - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- April 1900 Austin Dam Break -- December 1913 Nolan Creek and Brazos River Floods -- April 1915 Floods on Shoal and Waller Creeks -- September 1921 Downtown San Antonio Flood -- September 1921 Thrall Record Rainfall and Little River Flood -- July 1932 Guadalupe River Basin Flood -- May 1935 D'Hanis Flash Flood -- June 1935 Llano and Nueces Rivers Floods -- December 1935 Downtown Houston Flood -- September 1936 Concho River Flood -- July 1938 Brady Creek and San Saba River Floods -- May 1949 Downtown Fort Worth Flood -- September 1952 Pedernales River Flood -- June 1954 Pecos River's Eighty-Six-Foot Wall of Water -- May 1957 Lampasas Mother's Day Flood -- June 1965 Sanderson Flash Flood -- May 1966 Dallas Flash Flood -- May 1970 San Marcos River Flood -- May 1972 New Braunfels Flood -- May 1978 Canyon, Texas, and Palo Duro Canyon Flood -- August 1978 Hill Country Flood -- August 1978 Albany, Texas, Flood -- May 1981 Memorial Day Flood in Austin -- August 1998 Del Rio Flood -- October 1998 Hill Country Flash Floods -- June 2001 Tropical Storm Allison Flood in Houston -- July 2002 Guadalupe River Flooding -- Appendix Overview of Significant Texas Floods -- Notes -- Index.