May 2, 2019
A deep southerly flow increased across much of the Ark-La-Tex during the daytime hours of April 30th through May 1st, ahead of a slow moving upper level trough that drifted east into the Southern Plains from the Four Corners Region. A complex of showers and thunderstorms that developed over Western and Central Oklahoma during the evening of April 30th ahead of a stalled surface frontal boundary sent a cold pool southeast into portions of extreme Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas which event
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 817173). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gregg County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.