The following events were reported: Flash Flood, Thunderstorm Wind. These occurred near station USW00013904, approximately 20.3295 km away, between 2015-10-30 06:00:00 and 2015-10-31 06:00:00.The events resulted in 0 injuries and 3 fatalities. The events caused property damage valued at 24600000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: A warm front combined with an upper level trough and deep moisture produced heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms across much of South Central Texas on October 30th and 31st. Damage surveys confirmed four tornadoes. Along with the severe weather, excessive rainfall resulted in widespread flash flooding along the Interstate 35 corridor Friday morning. Rainfall rates on the order of 5-7 inches per hour fell from San Marcos up through South Austin. Historic rainfall totals fell at the Austin Airport where over 1 foot of rain fell within a few hours time. 12.49 inches of rain for Oct 30 was the most ever in one day for Austin. Other daily rainfall totals exceeded 15 inches. Record flooding occurred in southern Travis County and portions of Hays County. River and creek flooding was extensive across Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, and Comal Counties. Many areas, especially in San Marcos, compared this flooding to the record flooding of Oct 1998. Estimates of 2000 homes were flooded in or near this I-35 corridor, many of them destroyed or sustained Major damage. Estimates of insured losses were not available as of this writing, but the counties experienced monetary losses in the tens of millions. A warm front combined with an upper level trough and deep moisture produced heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms across much of South Central Texas on October 30th and 31st. Event Narrative: Additional rains in the predawn hours caused additional flooding across Caldwell County and surrounding counties. Many roads were flooded and impassable. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending water over the Hwy 12 bridge at Cypress Creek in Wimberley. Rainfall totals from that morning totaled over 10 inches, much of that rain coming in only a few hours time. Several businesses in downtown Wimberley along Cypress Creek were flooded and damaged. The Blanco River was just a few feet short of overtopping the Highway 12 bridge. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to high water rescues on Tucker Hill Ln. near the Bastrop and Travis County line. Damage assessment from Bastrop County indicated nearly 60 homes destroyed, with 40 also sustaining major damage. Overall more than 100 homes were flooded or affected by the flooding many of them along Dry Creek near the Bastrop/Travis County line. Debris line showed that water was flowing over Highway 71 near this area. Other homes experienced flooding as the Colorado River went into flood due to all the rainfall that fell upstream of Bastrop. County monetary losses are estimated to be 2.1 million dollars to infrastructure, this does not include insured/uninsured losses to homes. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. A CoCoRaHS observer southwest of Kyle reported 7.36 inches of rain in an hour and that the bridge near their house appeared to have been washed away with the road floating. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sending creeks feeding into the Blanco River out of their banks southwest of Kyle. Tremendous rainfall totals in excess of 5-10 inches of rain fell across this area during the morning hours. Historical rains occurred in the morning hours of the 30th across much of south Austin. This flooding caused high water and major flooding along Onion Creek and Dry Creek, along with other creeks and rivers in Austin/Travis County. 86 homes were damaged near Dry Creek, with several hundred more across southern sections of south Austin and Travis County. This area experience unprecedented rainfall and rainfall rates, on the order of 7 inches of rain per hour, maybe higher. 2 and 3 hour rain totals hit 12+ inches. Due to high rainfall totals the previous week, this intense rain on the 30th caused massive runoff. Cars were underwater on Highway 71 near Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Areas that were not known to flood, saw flooding for the first time in decades. In total, Austin and Travis County saw close to 600 homes flooded, over 100 of those were destroyed. Damage to infrastructure and repair totals more than 10 million dollars. This total does not include insured/uninsured losses to homes. A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a large tree near Bolm Rd. and Hwy 183. in eastern Austin. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Bedroll Loop and Hwy 71. A female was swept out of her house and drowned when Dry Creek flooded due to heavy rainfall. The husband was also swept out of the house but survived. A man was stranded in his car near Toll 130 and FM 812. He was swept away and his body was recovered the next day near McAngus Road. Massive flooding occurred along and just west of Interstate 35 on the morning of October 30th as a supercell thunderstorm merged with another line of storms. Torrential rains with rain rates of 7+ inches per hour caused massive runoff and quickly flooded the Blanco River, Onion Creek, Plum Creek, the San Marcos River and other smaller creeks and streams. Rainfall totals along I-35 were as high as 16 inches which led to significant flooding in Kyle and Buda as well. Sections of I-35 were shut down as water made the interstate impassable. Areas of San Marcos were inundated with water, trapping people and school kids. Dozens of swift water rescues continued during the morning and afternoon. The extent of the flooding was similar to the historic flood of October 1998. Hundreds of homes were flooded, as many as 100 of them completely destroyed. These estimates are probably low as FEMA assessments are still ongoing as of this writing. Infrastructure losses to roads and bridges are in the millions. There are no monetary loss estimates to uninsured/insured homes at the time of this writing. A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged the roofs of several houses along Thaxton Rd. in southern Austin. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding requiring high water rescues of people in stranded vehicles in Elgin. There were numerous low crossings and county roads flooded due to intense rainfall and high rainfall rates. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 1854 at Hwy 21. There were also reports of vehicles stranded in high water at other points along Hwys 21 and 130. In total there were 130 homes affected due to flooding on the 30th in Caldwell County, 31 homes were destroyed, most were mobile homes along the San Marcos River between San Marcos and Martindale. The county totaled nearly 1 million dollars in infrastructure losses and debris cost. A gas station near the Circuit of the Americas race trace sustained wind damage. Several tents and temporary structures were also damaged at the racetrack along with a portion of the grandstands. A man drown when his vehicle was flooded and he was swept downstream on Dry Creek just west of Highway 183 in southern Travis County. Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to two high water rescues in Austin. One at Stassney Ln. and Palo Blanco Ln. and the other at Pleasant Valley Rd. and Onion Creek Dr.