May 3, 2017
A warm front had begun to lift north across Deep East Texas and Southwest Louisiana during the early morning hours of May 3rd, in response to a developing area of surface low pressure over Westcentral Texas along a cold front that extended northeast into Central Oklahoma. This cold front was out ahead of a positively tilted upper trough, as it progressed southeast into Oklahoma during the afternoon. Meanwhile, a shortwave trough ejecting northeast over Southeast Texas and Central Louisiana ahead
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 685321). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hempstead County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.