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Flash Flood — Hickman, KY

Feb 22, 2022

A broken line of thunderstorms moved rapidly east-northeastward during the early morning hours. A few damaging wind events and a weak tornado accompanied the storms. A low amplitude mid-level shortwave trough over the southern Plains ejected northeast into the Ohio Valley, providing support for the broken line of storms. A surface low tracked northeast across Missouri and Illinois. Within the warm sector of this low pressure system, buoyancy was very weak but adequate for thunderstorms. An inten

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1002500). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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