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Flash Flood — Washington, TX

May 26, 2016

Strong upper level disturbances combined with above average moisture levels and favorable upper level wind patterns to produce a round of severe thunderstorms that eventually trained and produced excessive rainfall and flash flood during the afternoon hours of the 26th and on into the overnight and early morning hours of the 27th. Rainfall totals of 6 to 10 inches were common over the north and northwestern parts of Harris County into Waller, Montgomery, and Washington Counties, with much of the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 635831). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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