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Flash Flood — Jasper, MO

Mar 2, 2020

Several rounds of strong to severe storms developed from the evening of the 1st to the early morning of the 3rd as a surface low pressure system tracked from western Kansas southeastward into Red River Valley. Heavy rainfall occurred during the early morning of the 2nd when training storms moved over southwest Missouri producing one to three inches of rain. Flash flooding was reported from Jasper County eastward into Lawrence, Christian, Douglas and Webster Counties. The most severe storms devel

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 881162). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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