May 20, 2017
A complex of showers and thunderstorms quickly moved through the Ark-La-Tex during the early morning hours of May 20th, ahead of second thunderstorm complex over Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas that slowly drifted east along and just ahead of a cold front and associated upper level trough. The storms that quickly progressed east across East Texas and North Louisiana shortly before daybreak did result in cell training over Northern Cherokee County Texas, where 2-3+ inches of rain fell in
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 687987). 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.