May 11, 2015
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours over Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and portions of Southeast Oklahoma on May 10th, near a residual weak surface boundary draped along the Red River from showers and thunderstorms that had developed earlier in the day over Central and Southern Oklahoma. This boundary and an upper level disturbance moving in from the west during peak heating resulting in the development of multiple severe thunderstorms that
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 566798). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rusk County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.