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Flood — Wayne, MO

Mar 20, 2020

During the afternoon, a line of thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall. These storms occurred just south of a warm front under a very strong southwest low level flow, around 60 knots at 850 mb. An upper level disturbance over the Ozark Mountains contributed to the storms. During the night of the 19th, another round of thunderstorms occurred in a strong southwest wind flow ahead of a cold front over western Missouri. These storms resulted in isolated flash flooding and minor flooding of a couple r

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 876624). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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