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Flash Flood — Allen, KY

Apr 26, 2012

In the wake of an early morning convective complex that brought isolated wind damage to south central Kentucky on April 26th, strong instability developed by afternoon. Scattered strong thunderstorms developed by mid afternoon. These storms brought large hail and isolated wind damage to basically the same area affected by storms earlier in the day. One isolated case of flash flooding developed as a result of training storms across Allen County.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 367776). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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