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Flash Flood — Washington, IA

Jun 23, 2010

A line of thunderstorms blasted across parts of eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois during the early morning hours of June 23. With temperatures hovering|near 80, the storms had plenty of instability to work with and as a result produced isolated wind damage from Jesup, Iowa to near Morrison, Illinois. Once the rain moved in, many areas along and north of I-80 cooled off into the lower 70s. Heavy rainfall was also common with the thunderstorms, with rainfall totals of 1 to 3.5 inches which cause

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 244959). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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