The upper level disturbance that produced flooding across the Heartland on the 4th moved northward into the northern sections of the Big Country during the morning of the 5th. Once again, heavy rainfall and flooding were the result, with roads closed across parts of Haskell and Throckmorton counties.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
The upper level disturbance that produced flooding across the Heartland on the 4th moved northward into the northern sections of the Big Country during the morning of the 5th. Once again, heavy rainfall and flooding were the result, with roads closed across parts of Haskell and Throckmorton counties.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
State Highway 222 flooded and impassable
Several secondary roads east of Haskell flooded and impassable
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