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Flash Flood — St. Clair, IL

Jul 28, 2022

A cluster of showers and thunderstorms, extending from St. Louis metro area to southeastern Missouri, moved eastward through the afternoon and early evening hours. With precipitable water values over 2 inches and warm cloud depths up to 14,000 feet thick, these storms produced very heavy rainfall, up to five inches, in a short period of time, between 2 pm and 7 pm on July 28th. Also, the soil in the area was quite saturated due to the catastrophic flash flooding two days prior. This caused anoth

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1050707). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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