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Flash Flood — Hardin, IA

Jun 15, 2019

Increasingly humid conditions, a weak low pressure system, and an impinging northern weak cold front combined to create an environment ripe for strong to severe storms across northern and central Iowa, with much of the severe activity through central Iowa. ||The resulting environment from the aforementioned ingredients included SBCAPE values in the 2000-3000+ J/kg range, marginal effective bulk shear around 30 kts, 400-600 J/kg CAPE in the hail growth region, and at least a few hours with steep

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 825059). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Hardin, IA

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