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Flash Flood — Upshur, TX

Feb 22, 2019

Persistent bands of showers developed across much of Northeast Texas during February 21st-22nd, north of a warm front that slowly lifted north into the area from Southeast Texas and North Louisiana, and along several upper level disturbances that shifted northeast across the area. Widespread rainfall amounts of two to in excess of three inches fell across much of Northeast Texas including Upshur County, atop already saturated grounds where rainfall amounts of fifteen to twenty inches had been ob

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 798340). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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