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Flash Flood — Gibson, TN

May 4, 2020

A front stalled across the Mid-South started to lift north as low pressure tracked into southwest Missouri. Meanwhile, a potent upper-level disturbance tracked across the region and triggered thunderstorms across Missouri. The airmass across the Mid-South was ripe for severe storms with strong shear and instability in place. Clusters of severe storms moved into northern parts of the Mid-South by mid-afternoon and moved east-southeast through the evening hours producing damaging winds, hail, and

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 899206). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Gibson, TN

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