May 22, 2020
May 22nd - 24th, 2020 was an active few days with two main time frames of severe weather, and scattered severe weather reports punctuated elsewhere within these few days. The highlight of this period was damaging straight-line winds across Montague, Cooke and Grayson Counties with an EF-1 tornado in Bowie (Montague County) on May 22nd. These storms formed along an outflow boundary and front combined across our northwestern counties. The second significant round of convection was scattered diurna
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 895185). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wise County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.