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Flash Flood — McCracken, KY

Jun 4, 2014

Thunderstorms intensified along and ahead of a cold front as it pushed south across the Lower Ohio Valley. A very unstable air mass fueled intense thunderstorm development during the late afternoon hours. The initial activity included storms that were discrete and supercellular in nature, with damaging winds and a couple of tornadoes. As storm coverage increased during the evening, the storms merged and evolved into a forward propagating mesoscale convective system across southern parts of weste

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 524495). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for McCracken, KY

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