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Flash Flood — Briscoe, TX

Sep 26, 2012

Moist southerly surface winds this afternoon combined with an extension of upper level moisture originating from Tropical Depression Miriam in the Eastern Pacific. A surface trough along the Texas-New Mexico border and a jet streak aloft provided the lift necessary for scattered thunderstorm development by 1400 CST. As these storms moved east across the South Plains through the late afternoon and evening, they coalesced into a squall line that developed occasional bowing structures. One of these

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 407405). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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