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Flash Flood — Panola, TX

May 11, 2023

An upper level low pressure system slowly ejected northeast across the piney woods of East Texas during the evening through the morning hours of May 10th-11th. A southerly low level jet present ahead of the low spilled copious amounts of low level moisture north into East Texas and Western Louisiana, with strong large scale forcing ahead of the low enhancing numerous shower and thunderstorm development which moved repeatedly over these areas throughout much of the overnight into the early mornin

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1097170). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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