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 1100161). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in De Soto County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.