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Flash Flood — Marion, IL

Aug 12, 2019

Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over 5 hours. This caused flash flooding in a number of locations.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 851064). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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