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Flash Flood — Jo Daviess, IL

Jul 27, 2011

Hot and humid conditions prevailed across the region July 27, as a warm front lifted northward into northeast Iowa. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the Highway 20 corridor in Dubuque, Jo Daviess and Stephenson Counties during the early evening hours of July 27. They continued to redevelop and move over the same areas for about 18 hours. Record-setting rainfall totals of 7 to 15 inches resulted in flash flooding of much of the area. The Mississippi River at Dubuque, IA even rose abo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 332734). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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