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Flash Flood — Bollinger, MO

Mar 2, 2020

A series of discrete thunderstorms, a few of which displayed supercell characteristics, moved east across southeast Missouri during the evening. A couple of the storms produced hail up to the size of ping pong balls, and an EF-0 tornado was observed in southern New Madrid County. This outbreak of storms occurred in a strong west-southwest flow ahead of a 500 mb shortwave over the Plains states. A southwest wind flow up to 30 knot at 850 mb provided some moisture for the storms. At the surface, a

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 876296). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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