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Flash Flood — Monroe, TN

Nov 30, 2016

A strong upper level system moved through the Eastern United States late Tuesday into early Wednesday. The associated surface low pressure system pressed north northeast from the Lower Mississippi across the Mid South on its way across the Lower Ohio Valley. While there were reports of damaging straight line wind with some of the thunderstorms generated ahead of the system cold front, the main and concentrated areas of damage were associated with tornadic supercell thunderstorms. The supercell s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 675456). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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