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Flash Flood — Carroll, IL

Jun 25, 2006

An unseasonably strong upper level storm system combined with a near semi-moist atmosphere to produce scattered thunderstorms. A lone storm pulsed severe in east central Iowa and produced marginally severe hail. The rapid growth of cumulus clouds and showers across Illinois lead to numerous confirmed reports of funnels.Once the sun set, thunderstorms developed over northwest Illinois and remained nearly stationary for several hours over Savanna, Illinois and western Carroll county producing lo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5518922). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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