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Flood — Chickasaw, IA

Jun 14, 2016

Thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 14th. Initially, these storms produced some wind damage and large hail before they became heavy rain producers that led to flash flooding. A semi truck was blown over by the winds southwest of Monona (Clayton County) and golf ball sized hail fell west of New Hampton (Chickasaw County). Flood waters covered State Highway 9 east of Osage (Mitchell County) and washed out roads between Marble Rock and Ru

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 641839). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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