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Flash Flood — Floyd, IN

Jun 26, 2015

A very warm and unstable air mass brought a few rounds of severe thunderstorms to southern Indiana, starting during the evening hours Thursday June 25th. Isolated storms developed first, producing some sporadic wind damage. Then later that night, a complex of organized storms brought damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding during the early morning hours June 26th. Later that same afternoon, a strong surface low pressure moved across central Kentucky and brought another round of severe stor

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 577267). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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