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Flood — Webster, KY

Jul 7, 2016

The third round of storms in about 24 hours complicated cleanup efforts in western Kentucky from the previous two rounds. Widespread damaging winds on the 6th were followed by flash flooding on the night of the 6th. Although thunderstorm wind damage on the 7th was not as widespread in southwest Kentucky as on the 6th, there were pockets of winds up to 70 mph. A line of thunderstorms moved east-southeast across the Ohio River early in the afternoon, and then merged with a developing cluster of s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 646590). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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