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Flash Flood — Effingham, IL

Apr 2, 2025

An area of low pressure tracked from southeastern Nebraska during the morning of April 2nd to western Wisconsin by evening, triggering two rounds of convection across central Illinois.||Round 1 occurred during the morning when a line of thunderstorms along the trailing cold front pushed into the Illinois River Valley. These storms were generally sub-severe, but one cell produced a downburst with estimated winds in excess of 70 mph across parts of Logan County, downing a few trees, tearing the r

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1248148). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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