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Flash Flood — Garza, TX

May 23, 2020

Widespread supercell thunderstorms developed across the South Plains on the afternoon and evening of the 23rd producing very large hail, a tornado, and flash flooding. ||From the night of the 22nd through the morning of the 23rd, a dryline surged westward allowing abundant low level moisture to return to the region. This dryline mixed to the east during the afternoon stalling around US Highway 385. A capping inversion initially kept convective initiation from occurring until late in the afternoo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 888980). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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