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Floods in southeast Texas, October 1994

Fred Liscum·Jeffery W. East
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Rainfall in southeast Texas, which ranged in amounts from about 8 to more than 28 inches during October 15–19, 1994, caused severe flooding in parts of a 38-county area. A combination of meteorological events—residual atmospheric moisture over southern Texas associated with Hurricane Rosa from the Pacific Coast of Mexico and low-level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico drawn inland to a warm front by a strong low-pressure system over the southern Rocky Mountains—spawned vigorous thunderstorms that produced rainfall amounts that may exceed records for the area.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 28.897999607488117° to 30.765804491105527° latitude; -96.35051646758231° to -94.47147884396263° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Fred Liscum, Jeffery W. East. 1995. Floods in southeast Texas, October 1994. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs07394

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