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Flood — Morgan, IN

Jun 22, 2010

During the afternoon and evening hours on June 21st a combination of old thunderstorm activity that moved in from upstream of Indiana, along with new development behind the previous activity occurred as a result of upper level atmospheric support and ample surface heating. This led to a very to extremely unstable air mass...with MLCAPES exceeding 3500 j/kg.||By early evening discrete cells developed along a west to east oriented boundary that extended roughly from near the Missouri/Iowa border

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 248609). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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