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Flash Flood — Panola, TX

Jun 5, 2021

Scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms developed throughout the day on June 5th, ahead of a stationary cut off upper low pressure system over Central Texas. Daytime heating contributed to moderate instability within a very moist air mass in place. These showers and thunderstorms were very efficient rainfall producers as they moved slowly and often trained over the same areas over a given period of time. Showers and thunderstorms containing heavy rainfall developed over much of

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 953783). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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