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Flash Flood — Webb, TX

Sep 29, 2012

Tropical moisture was situated over South Texas on the morning of September 28th, 2012. Additional moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Miriam in the Eastern Pacific was moving into the mountains of Mexico and streaming into South Texas. A stationary front was situated over Central Texas, as an upper level disturbance was approaching from the west. The combination of very high moisture, forcing along the stationary front, the upper disturbance and upslope flow over the mountains of Mexico was

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 414609). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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