Jan 2, 2023
A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd. In advance of this trough, rich low level moisture quickly spread northward from the Gulf of Mexico across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas, along a strong southerly low level jet that developed ahead of a deepening surface low over Southeast Colorado and Western Kansas
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1064214). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Caddo County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.