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Flash Flood — Morris, TX

Jul 9, 2007

Flooding rainfall continued to spread across the region on July 9th as the upper trough of low pressure remained parked across our region. Plentiful moisture combined with daytime heating allowed for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana and northeast Texas resulting in flood producing rainfall.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 39911). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Morris, TX

This event is one of many recorded floods in Morris County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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