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Flash Flood — Dent, MO

Oct 6, 2018

A stationary front over the Ozarks interacted with several upper level disturbances to produce showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall from the morning of the 6th to the afternoon of the 7th. There was one report of quarter sized hail with storms over Miller County during the afternoon of the 7th. As the front was lifting northward in response to pressure falls over the southern High Plains, strong to severe storms developed north of the Ozarks. On the morning of the 9th, when th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 784018). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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