Aug 7, 2013
Discrete thunderstorms and a squall line moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening and overnight hours of the 7th. These severe storms not only had ample instability to fuel them but also a marginally above average moist atmosphere. The 6 PM CST upper air soundings out of Amarillo, Texas and Dodge City, Kansas showed Precipitable Water values between 1.24 inches and 1.40 inches. This is around the climatologically 75th percentile, which is an indication that thunderstorms forming in
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 475300). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Beaver County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.