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Flood — Monona, IA

Jun 27, 2010

Thunderstorms developed a little after midnight on June 27th in northeast Nebraska as an upper level disturbance pushed a cold front across the region. The late-night storms produced damaging winds in northeast Nebraska and very heavy rain which pushed into western Iowa which caused some flooding the next day.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 233955). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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