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Flash Flood — Red River, TX

Jan 2, 2015

An upper level low pressure system across Southern New Mexico/Northern Mexico began opening up and moved into the Texas Hill Country late on the 2nd and during the early morning hours of the 3rd. A strong upper level jet streak rounded the base of this trough from old Mexico into Southern Texas and into the Lower Mississippi Valley early on the 3rd as well. At the surface, a low pressure system formed off the Southeast Texas coast and moved North Northeast from Southeast Texas into Northwest L

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 549098). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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