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Flash Flood — San Augustine, TX

Jan 9, 2022

A strong upper level low pressure system tracked east across the Red River Valley of Southern Oklahoma and North Texas during the afternoon of January 8th, before shifting across Northeast Texas into Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of the 9th. Ahead of this low, strong southerly low level winds rapidly transported low level moisture back north across the region, with large scale forcing and elevated instability ahead of the low contributing to areas of showers and embedded thun

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 994052). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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