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Flash Flood — Franklin, IL

Mar 12, 2020

A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved southeast along a warm front as the front lifted north across southern Illinois. Steep mid-level lapse rates were highly favorable for large hail. There were numerous swaths of large hail up to the size of golf balls that accompanied the strongest storms. The cluster of severe thunderstorms moved southeast from the southern suburbs of St. Louis, passing across Rend Lake, Marion, and Harrisburg by mid-afternoon. The complex of storms crossed the Ohio River

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 876291). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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