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Flood — Carter, MO

Jun 26, 2019

Loosely organized clusters of thunderstorms produced isolated damaging winds, flash flooding, and large hail. A mesoscale vorticity center from earlier thunderstorms moved eastward across southern Missouri during the afternoon. Very warm and moist air in advance of this vorticity center contributed to strong instability, with mixed-layer capes around 3000. Around 25 to 40 knots of westerly flow in the mid levels of the atmosphere was sufficient for loosely organized thunderstorm clusters, a few

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 829163). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Carter, MO

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