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Flash Flood — Ouachita, LA

Apr 9, 2024

A frontal boundary became stationary across the heart of the Ark-La-Tex region in vicinity of the Interstate 30 corridor on April 8th before slowly advancing southeast on April 9th. Concurrently, very moist southwest flow aloft resulting from a nearly cut-off low across the Desert Southwest provided for precipitable water values near 2 inches. Thunderstorms developed and gradually spread northward from Central into Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and Northern Louisiana in the afternoon a

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1175665). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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