May 6, 2025
An upper level low pressure system over the Desert Southwest shifted east through the Intermountain West on May 6th, inducing surface low development over West Texas. This also resulted in a tightening pressure gradient across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, with increased southerly low level winds allowing for a warm front to shift north to the I-20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana before becoming stationary later in the day. A warm, moist, and unstable air mass deve
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1262291). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Nacogdoches County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.