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Flash Flood — Chickasaw, IA

Jul 22, 2017

A round of thunderstorms moved across northeast Iowa during the morning and afternoon of July 21st. These storms dropped locally heavy rains that produced some flash flooding in Fayette and Chickasaw Counties. Most of the flash flooding was limited to water over some roads northwest of Westgate (Fayette County) and south of Boyd (Chickasaw County). A second round of storms moved across the region during the evening of July 21st into the early morning of July 22nd. These storms produced heavy rai

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 713110). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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