Jun 13, 2016
Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the overnight and early morning hours on June 13th across East Texas, near and east of a weakening upper level closed low and attendant trough over Central Texas. Showers and thunderstorms containing very heavy rainfall developed along a line from Waco to Mexia, Palestine, and Jacksonville, Texas, along a stationary surface boundary which was positioned on the south and east side of the weak closed low, resulting in showers and thunderstorms th
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 630048). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Cherokee County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.