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Flash Flood — Calhoun, TX

May 12, 2015

A frontal boundary stalled north of the South Texas region during the morning hours on May 11th. Scattered thunderstorms developed in the afternoon over the Brush Country. A supercell thunderstorm was nearly stationary over southern Duval County for several hours. This caused flash flooding in the evening. A strong upper level disturbance moved out of northern Mexico during the evening hours. A mesoscale convective system developed over the higher terrain in northeast Mexico in the evening hours

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 578496). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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