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Flash Flood — Franklin, IL

Dec 15, 2018

A surface low pressure center deepened as it moved northeast from Louisiana to western Tennessee. Aloft, a deep trough in the Desert Southwest moved east and developed into a closed low over the southern Plains. This low passed south of the Ohio Valley on its way to the mid-Atlantic region by the 16th. Widespread showers and even a few thunderstorms developed generally between the 13th and 15th, bringing moderate to heavy rain. Most locations picked up between 2 and 3 inches of rain. A few locat

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 794037). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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