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Flash Flood — White, IL

Aug 28, 2004

Property Damage
$500K

Slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential rain developed over southern Illinois during the heat of the afternoon. The storms were most concentrated north of a line from Carbondale to the mouth of the Wabash River. The storms formed in a very moist atmosphere ahead of a weak upper-level disturbance moving northeast from Arkansas.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5415422). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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