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Flash Flood — Limestone, TX

Mar 9, 2016

This was a multi-day severe weather and flood event. It started with a large-scale upper level low pressure system which deepened over the Four-Corners region. Moisture and instability increased in advance of this system. Storms developed along a dry line Monday afternoon, many of which produced severe weather or flash flooding or both. Another area of storms formed ahead of the upper trough over northwest Texas Monday night and pushed east-southeast across the area Tuesday, producing severe wea

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 624900). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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