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Flash Flood — Sabine, LA

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 air 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 t

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1009569). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Sabine, LA

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