May 16, 2020
A slow moving upper level low pressure system drifted east across Central and Eastern Texas during the daytime hours of May 16th. Meanwhile, the attendant surface low pressure system over East Central Texas drifted east into Northeast Texas during the afternoon, with a southerly low level jet allowing for a warm front to mix north into East Texas, extreme Northern Louisiana, into Southern Arkansas through the evening. Although daytime heating was limited due to extensive cloud cover and periods
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 883835). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bowie County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.