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Flash Flood — Hardeman, TN

Apr 27, 2011

A stationary front remained draped across Southern Missouri into Western Kentucky from April 24th, 2011 into April 25th, 2011. A very warm and unstable atmosphere was in place across the Mid-South ahead of the front. A low pressure system developed along the front and interacted with the unstable environment which helped produce several rounds of severe storms into the evening of April 26th, 2011. As a result of the severe storms, the front sank south during the early morning hours of April 27th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 302994). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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