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Flash Flood — Sioux, IA

Jun 21, 2024

More isolated afternoon and early evening storms erupted just north of a frontal boundary across northeast Nebraska and western Iowa, which produced up to quarter size hail and damaging wind gusts of 60 to 75 mph. Storms became more widespread during the evening given a mid-level impulse and increase in the low-level jet across the frontal boundary. The rain regenerated in many of the same areas as the previous night's excessive rainfall and brought two-day totals to as high as 8 to 16 inches se

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1198335). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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