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Mcallen Daily Press
Mcallen, Hidalgo County, Texas
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Flash flood from Limpia Creek in West Texas inundated orchards and ranges near Fort Davis, washed out roads, and isolated McDonald Observatory staff on Oct. 26; creek receding by Oct. 27 with no reported dangers.
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FORT DAVIS, Tex., Oct. 27 (UP)—Limpia Creek, whose Spanish name means "clear," was muddy flood today as it recedes after bathing hundreds of acres of Davis Mountain orchard and range land with West Texas silt.
The creek rose up in a 12-foot wall of water yesterday to roar down Limpia Canyon, tearing up roadbeds, interrupting the fall roundup, inundating apple orchards, and isolating astronomers and engineers at McDonald observatory.
All telephone lines to the observatory atop Mount Locke, 17 miles from here, were ripped out by the flooded creek. The main road leading to the structure was washed out for 200 yards and back trails were under water. No word had been received from the observatory crew, but it was believed they were in no danger as food and water supplies there were ample and the creek was subsiding rapidly.
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Fort Davis, Tex.
Event Date
Oct. 27
Outcome
no word from observatory crew but believed in no danger; creek subsiding rapidly.
Event Details
Limpia Creek flooded, rising in a 12-foot wall of water yesterday, covering hundreds of acres of Davis Mountain orchard and range land with silt, tearing up roadbeds, interrupting fall roundup, inundating apple orchards, and isolating astronomers and engineers at McDonald observatory. Telephone lines ripped out, main road washed out for 200 yards, back trails under water.