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Flash Flood — Gallatin, IL

Jul 6, 2016

Isolated flash flooding occurred during the evening of July 6. A slow-moving thunderstorm complex backed slowly southwestward across western Kentucky and southern Illinois. The complex of storms was associated with a small 500 mb shortwave that moved east across western Kentucky late at night. The storms were fed by a very moist southwest wind flow around 30 knots at 850 mb. Precipitable water values were around 2 inches.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 645376). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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