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Flash Flood — Jasper, TX

Aug 29, 2017

Harvey moved across the Gulf of Mexico into the central Texas Coast during the last week of August. After the initial landfall, the cyclone moved back into the gulf a couple days later and then made another landfall in Southwest Louisiana during the morning of the 30th. The first rains from the system moved across the region during the afternoon of the 25th and finally ended during the morning of September 1. One to 5 feet of rain fell across Southeast Texas during the week which in some cases w

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 719496). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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