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Flash Flood — Calhoun, MS

Jun 24, 2015

Showers and thunderstorms developed over West Tennessee in response to daytime heating during the evening hours of June 23, 2015. The showers and thunderstorms eventually evolved into a large thunderstorm complex by the late evening and early morning hours which shifted south into North Mississippi before dying out. Redevelopment of showers and thunderstorms occurred across West Tennessee and North Mississippi on June 24th, 2015 as daytime heating interacted with lingering old outflow boundaries

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 588919). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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