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Flood — Perry, KY

Aug 29, 2022

A strong storm system was in place across the Upper Mississippi Valley, with all attention for severe weather concentrated there for the day. SPC had all of eastern Kentucky in just a general thunderstorm risk, with increasing risk levels as you headed farther northwest towards the main storm system. That being said, with high pressure to our southeast, Kentucky was in a warm and moist airmass with decent SW flow into the state. Showers and thunderstorms developed throughout the day, mainly in a

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1050936). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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