Flash Flood — Mitchell, Texas

2023-09-16 · near Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas

Event narrative

Report from mPING of flash flooding.

Wider weather episode

A complex of showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon of September 15th. This merged into a mesoscale convective complex that moved southeast through much of southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin resulting in strong to severe wind gusts and flash flooding for these areas during the early morning of September 16th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1139708. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.