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Flash Flood — Scotland, MO

May 25, 2019

A slow, south moving cold front and an outflow boundary from morning thunderstorms over northern Missouri and Illinois, combined with a hot and humid environment to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms across portions of eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri during the evening and early overnight hours. Several thunderstorms became severe, and produced large hail and damaging winds. Several reports of hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size were reported along and s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 825681). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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