May 20, 2020
A warm front lifting northeast into portions of East Texas and Westcentral Louisiana near or just east of the Sabine River during the morning hours of May 20th became stationary by midday, as a weak upper level disturbance rounded a closed upper low pressure system over the Tennessee Valley. Convergence and moisture pooling near this surface boundary and weak large scale forcing aloft contributed to areas of showers and thunderstorms developing from late morning through much of the afternoon nea
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 884322). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sabine County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.