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Flash Flood — Muscatine, IA

Jun 23, 2010

A line of showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of eastern Iowa and Illinois during the afternoon and evening of June 23. These storms produced rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches and strong winds of 60 to 80 mph. Temperatures were in upper 80s with some locations topping into the lower 90s. The storms also produced heavy rains which flooded some roads in Muscatine, Iowa. Quarter-sized hail in fell in Scott County Iowa. The showers and thunderstorms tapered off as a cold front pushed throug

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 244978). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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