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Flash Flood — Lincoln, LA

Mar 30, 2016

A warm front lifted north through the region during the evening hours on March 29th, through the morning hours on March 30th, which returned a warm, moist, and unstable air mass back into the area. Meanwhile, an upper level low pressure area and associated trough over the Great Basin and Desert Southwest resulted in a southwest flow aloft which sent upper level disturbances northeast into the Southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the m

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 617881). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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