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Flash Flood — Lamb, TX

May 24, 2019

A persistent upper level trough over the western United States allowed for another day of convective development across the South Plains of West Texas. Although strong large scale lift was not anticipated on the afternoon of the 24th, widespread severe thunderstorms developed under a very moist and unstable atmosphere. A quasi-stationary warm front began to move northward during the morning hours with a dryline mixing into the South Plains from the west. Very high surface dew points in the warm

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 824149). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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