May 16, 2020
A slow-moving upper level disturbance, with the help of a dry line and a southward-pushing outflow boundary, produced multiple rounds of showers and storms Friday and Saturday. Damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding were the main results, though two brief tornadoes also occurred.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 896805). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rains County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.