The following events were reported: Flash Flood, Tornado. These occurred near station USW00012921, approximately 31.0529 km away, between 2007-08-16 11:30:00 and 2007-08-17 04:00:00.The events resulted in 0 injuries and 4 fatalities. The events caused property damage valued at 16760000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: Tropical Storm Erin moved inland near Port Aransas on the morning of August 16 and continued toward the northwest, in the general direction of San Antonio. By noon, the remnants of Erin were located near Pleasanton in Atascosa County with winds near 30 mph, and moving toward the northwest near 14 mph. What was left of Erin was estimated to be in the Rocksprings area by midnight that night and just south of Ozona on the morning of August 17. The track of highest rain totals associated with Erin over South Central Texas began in Karnes County and streamed northwestward across Wilson, Bexar, Kendall, Bandera, Medina, Gillespie and Kerr Counties. Tropical Storm Erin moved inland near Port Aransas on the morning of August 16 and continued toward the northwest, in the general direction of San Antonio. Event Narrative: The Sheriff's Department reported that a short-lived, small tornado touched down at the Cave-Without-a-Name northeast of Boerne. The tornado struck a small building and caused minor damage before lifting and dissipating. There were no injuries. The area of extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin continued to spread northwestward across Bexar County, with a general 4 to 5 inch rain over the county. Totals of up to 8 inches were reported at several locations in the south and west parts of San Antonio as well as between Helotes and Leon Springs. By 1400 CST, most roads in the northwest part of the county were closed. By 1530 CST that afternoon, more than 39 high water rescues were reportedly underway in San Antonio. Water was almost waist-deep at Southcross Boulevard in San Antonio. Floodwaters were so deep and running so swiftly at the San Antonio High School West Campus that they collapsed a masonry wall and filled the school with almost five feet of muddy water. Hallways were flooded, and desks, computers and boxes were tossed and thrown together. The students were moved to classrooms in another building across the district. A young man was driving to work in the mid afternoon of August 16 when his vehicle struck a guardrail on Southwest Military Drive and was knocked into Six Mile Creek near South Flores Street. The young man called his family to say he had had an accident, then exited the vehicle but drowned as he attempted to move to higher ground. Near midnight a young woman was driving with three friends and a baby near North Star Mall when she accidentally drove her sport utility vehicle into deeper water where it was slammed against a bridge and then was swept into a drainage ditch. The three other adults in the vehicle were able to get baby out of the vehicle through the window and escape. But when the three looked back for the driver, she was gone. Her body was found later by emergency responders when the water receded. From Bexar County the extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin spread in Bandera County. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain was reported in general, with up to 7 inches to the northwest of Medina near the Kerr County line. Roads across the north part of county were closed due to high water requiring several high water rescues. High water also closed bridges north of Medina on SH16 and northwest of Medina on FM2107. Residents were evacuated from over 50 homes in the Lakeshore area. Three cars were washed off bridges and numerous rescues were required. A bystander noted that one truck attempted to cross Privilege Creek and was warned away by everyone nearby, but the truck continued along and was quickly washed into the creek. The driver and his wife were able to leave the truck and were rescued. Their vehicle finally came to rest almost a half-mile down the creek. Showers and thunderstorms associated with Erin produced general 2 to 3 inch amounts across Guadalupe County with up to 4 inches in the Cibolo area. Flash flooding closed FM78 and FM3009 briefly during the late afternoon. Extremely heavy rainfall associated with Erin spread into the east and north sections of Medina County. General rain totals in this area were between 3 and 5 inches, with up to 8 inches reported around Castroville and near the Bandera County line south of Tarpley. Most county roads north of US90 were closed due to high water. The area of extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin continued northwestward into Wilson County. General rain totals over the county varied from 3 to 4 inches. The highest amounts were 8 inches and stretched northwestward from Floresville to the Bexar County line. Roads across the northwest part of the county were closed due to flash flooding, including FM1303, FM536, and FM2579. The extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remains of Tropical Storm Erin moved into Kendall County in the afternoon, producing between 3 and 5 inches over most of the county. Highest rain totals were 8 inches between Boerne and Sisterdale. Most roads in the county were closed and several families had to be evacuated along Cypress Creek due to flooding. City Lake was reported to be only six feet below the spillway. It had only been topped twice in the past 10 years. Near 1900 CST on the evening of April 16, a man and his son were in a truck traveling along FM473 when they attempted to drive across a bridge near FM1376 that was already flooded by Sisterdale Creek. The truck stalled and both men crawled out of the cab through the rear window and stood in the truck bed. Rescuers who arrived within minutes were unable to pass them life jackets or to secure a rope to the truck before a surge of water lifted the vehicle and swept it over the bridge. The father and son were washed into the creek and drowned. Extremely heavy rainfall associated with Erin spread into the western sections of Comal County in the evening period. General rain amounts of 3 to 4 inches were reported along and west of US281, with up to 7 inches falling near Spring Branch. Flash flooding was reported in the western part of the county, closing SH46 and FM311.