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Flash Flood — Natchitoches, LA

Jul 26, 2024

A broad complex of showers and thunderstorms with associated heavy rainfall developed across areas of Deep East Texas and West Central Louisiana by mid to late morning on July 26th. This occurred within an elongated axis of upper-level energy observed along much of the middle and upper Texas coast and up across interior areas of East Texas around the eastern flank of a broader mid-level trough over the Southern Plains. This energy interacted with a very deep tropical air mass and axis of stronge

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1205018). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Natchitoches, LA

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