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Flash Flood — Logan, KY

Jun 26, 2019

During the period between June 26 to 28, southern Indiana and central Kentucky were in an area of weak surface high pressure. The atmosphere was moist with little shear but decent instability. ||On June 27th, a well defined large mesoscale convective vortex formed over Missouri and moved east. Out ahead of this system storms initiated from diurnal heating. Between this system and diurnal afternoon / evening thunderstorm activity, widespread storm damage and flooding was reported during the June

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 841629). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Logan, KY

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