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Flash Flood — Ouachita, LA

Apr 19, 2020

A warm front lifted north into Deep East Texas and the southern sections of North Central Louisiana by afternoon on April 19th, ahead of a vigorous upper level trough that ejected east from New Mexico across Texas. Large scale forcing increased by afternoon ahead of the trough as it approached the expanding warm sector, characteristic of moderate instability and strong wind shear. Areas of showers and thunderstorms developed and became widespread near and north of the warm front, and limited the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 880029). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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