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Flash Flood — Lawrence, MO

Mar 18, 2008

Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking. This convection expanded with time, eventually covering nearly all of extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks. Moderate to heavy rain continued into the overnight period and did not stop until the morning of 19 March.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 89260). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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