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Flash Flood — Christian, MO

Aug 29, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north of the Ozarks. The heaviest rainfall occurred during the morning and afternoon of the 30th, as a mesoscale convective system that developed near Wichita during the early morning of the 30th moved slowly eastward into sou

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 780721). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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