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Flash Flood — Vanderburgh, IN

Jun 30, 2020

The combination of very weak flow aloft and an anomalously unstable and moist environment along a residual outflow boundary promoted the development of thunderstorms across the mid Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys through the late afternoon into mid evening. A weak shortwave slowly advanced eastward along the bootheel of Missouri, while a weak impulse moved southeast from the northern border of Missouri. An outflow boundary was the primary focus for renewed development of thunderstorms in the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 898963). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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