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Flash Flood — Cerro Gordo, IA

Jun 9, 2018

Iowa remained entrenched in the relative ring of fire weather pattern. Morning convection lingered across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa through the morning, before generally subsiding. By the early afternoon though, ingredients for severe weather were well in place with a shortwave moving through the parent flow, MUCAPE values in excess of 2000-3000 J/kg, effective shear around 40 kts, and 1-3 km SRH around 200-300 m2/s2. All in all, it suggested a day with the potential for supercellula

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 761817). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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