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Flash Flood — Angelina, TX

Nov 17, 2015

A deep upper trough exited the Inter-Mountain West and moved into the Southern Plains on the 17th of November. Ahead of this trough, copious amounts of moisture streamed northward from the Eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. A warm front also lifted northward form the Gulf Coast, through Northeast Texas, Northwest Louisiana and Southern Arkansas. The atmosphere became weakly unstable across the region after sunrise on the 17th but atmospheric wind shear was very strong, both in the lower leve

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 602514). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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