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Flash Flood — Wright, IA

Jun 25, 2025

Much of Iowa was within the warm, moist sector with a boundary across far southern Iowa. With afternoon clearing, temperatures warmed into the 90s with dewpoints in the 70s. This resulted in increasingly unstable conditions with MLCAPE of 2000-3000+ J/kg. Despite the instability, weak shear prevented more organized thunderstorm development, reducing the severe threat. Even so, a storm near Clarion gusted to 50 kts. Warm cloud depths and high PWATS exceeding two inches resulted in another day wit

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1273331). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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