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Flash Flood — Nacogdoches, TX

Apr 27, 2015

Low pressure aloft across the southwest United States resulted in broad southwest flow aloft across the Southern Plains into the Lower Mississippi Valley. Disturbances in this flow rounded the base of the trough and provided the lift necessary for widespread showers and thunderstorms across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and Northern Louisiana. A cold front was located across Northern Texas into Northern Louisiana. Moderate surface instability coupled with strong deep

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 564812). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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