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Flash Flood — Woodford, IL

Apr 17, 2013

A nearly stationary frontal boundary interacting with an unseasonably warm and moist airmass brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to parts of central Illinois from the later afternoon of April 17th through the morning of April 18th. Several rounds of thunderstorms impacted west-central and central Illinois producing torrential rainfall and major flash flooding along and west of a Rushville to Minonk line. Rainfall totals ranged from 5 to 8 inches across most of this area. In addition,

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 448919). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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