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Flash Flood — Daviess, KY

Jun 26, 2019

Loosely organized clusters of thunderstorms produced isolated flash flooding, along with isolated damaging winds and 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 clu

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 829262). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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