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Flash Flood — Shelby, TX

Sep 1, 2022

A weak stationary front extended from Eastern Oklahoma across Northeast Texas and North Louisiana during the afternoon hours of September 1st. Meanwhile, a shortwave trough shifted east across Oklahoma and North Texas, atop the stalled front during the afternoon and evening. This trough enhanced large scale forcing along the front, with pockets of differential heating resulting in needed instability to enhance shower and thunderstorm development. A band of near stationary thunderstorms developed

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1056256). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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