Jun 8, 2018
Overall the pattern and antecedent environment were not extremely conducive to severe weather with an environment of around 1000 J/kg and effective shear under 30 kts, but it did not rule out the potential for periods of heavy rainfall. ||High pressure ridging was situated over the SW United States, leaving much of the Upper Midwest along the ring of fire, or northwesterly flow/transition from ridge to trough. A shortwave was moving through the upper level flow, initiating weak convection during
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 767235). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Cerro Gordo County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.