Flash Flood, Pecos
- When
- October 7, 11:30 PM CST to October 8, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pecos County, 3 mi SSW of Coyanosa
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.781, -102.724 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains in the Coyanosa Draw watershed evolved into a raging torrent of water in the draw which flows north into the Pecos River. A man in an 18-wheel truck narrowly escape with his life when his truck was overturned by the flood waters. The truck was attempting to cross the running draw on a dirt road west of FM 1776 when the strong flow lifted and overturned the vehicle. The truck rested on its side in the flooding waters. The truck was carrying forklifts to an oil rig and was on the wrong road. Due to the rural nature of the area and late time the man was not noticed for quite some time.By the time rescue personnel arrived, they saw the man standing in knee-deep water, but then realized that he was standing on the side of his overturned cab. The flood waters were estimated at ten feet deep. The County Sheriff who rescued the man said that the flow was so wide that the rescue was very difficult, and the roar of the water was so loud that they could not communicate with the man verbally. By the time the man was rescued he had been trapped in the flood waters for 2 1/2 hours. EMS personnel said the man was in good health (just very cold), and he was not transported to the hospital.WSR-88D archive showed that most of the rain had fallen earlier and that when the accident happened the rain had been out of the area for over an hour. 88D rainfall estimates were as high as 7.1 inches upstream of the accident.