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Flood — Moore, TX

Jun 15, 2019

Significant moisture was in place on the 15th of June when a strong upper level trough moved over the Rocky Mountains into the Oklahoma Panhandle and west Texas to include the Texas Panhandle. Parameters were favorable for rotating supercells storms initially that produced very large hail in some areas as well as a funnel cloud across the southwest Panhandles. Some storms congealed into a line of thunderstorms which moved to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. Another line of st

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 840093). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Moore, TX

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