Jun 5, 2019
A cold front draped along the Illinois-Wisconsin border triggered a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms on June 5th. Numerous gust fronts surged ahead of the storms causing 50-60 mph winds and scattered damage. A few of the cells also produced hail as large as quarters. In addition, training of thunderstorm cells dropped locally heavy rainfall in a short period of time, resulting in flash flooding across portions of Clay County where water was flowing across US-50 just west of Xenia
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 839750). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Clay County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.