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Flash Flood — Angelina, TX

Feb 21, 2018

An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of February 21st. A deep southwest flow aloft was present along and behind the front across the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley, with weak embedded disturbances in the flow helping to enhance the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 732992). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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