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Flash Flood — Lynn, TX

May 4, 2015

A deep fetch of Gulf moisture overspread the South Plains this afternoon in advance of a slow-moving trough. Numerous thunderstorms erupted by late afternoon across the western South Plains and spread slowly northeast through the overnight hours under weak upper level winds. The slow nature of these storms resulted in torrential rainfall rates and flooding in many areas, but the most impressive rainfall and flooding bulls-eyed in central and southern Lynn County where between 6 and 12 inches o

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 567925). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Lynn, TX

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