Mar 22, 2022
A closed upper low emerged out of the Rockies and into the Central Plains during the afternoon and evening hours of March 21st, with the attendant upper trough swinging east through Central Texas and Oklahoma. Strong southerly low level winds allowed for the rapid return of warm, moist, and unstable north behind a warm front which lifted north through East Texas and North Louisiana. Large scale forcing began to increase across Northern and Central Texas during the evening, with showers and thund
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1009360). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rusk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.