Feb 24, 2018
A warm front lifted north into Eastern Oklahoma and Central Arkansas during the morning hours of February 24th, resulting in a large warm and humid air mass across the Ark-La-Tex region. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms increased across North Texas during the morning as well, ahead of a strong upper trough and attendant cold front that ejected east across the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley. The air mass ahead of the front was moderately unstable, allowing the storms to intensify and
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 734878). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Howard County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.