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Flash Flood — Clay, MO

Apr 26, 2016

Two rounds of severe thunderstorms formed on April 26th. The first round of severe weather started around sunrise, with predominantly large hail. There were a few isolated wind reports during the morning storms, but the predominant hazard with this morning round was large hail, with the largest stone being around 2 inches. The evening round of storms began after sunset and brought multiple reports of large hail, gusty and damaging winds as well as some flash flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 629855). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Clay, MO

This event is one of many recorded floods in Clay County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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