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Flood — Allen, IN

Jul 8, 2020

Another multicell day with short-lived but intense cores due to moderate instability/low shear. Outflow interactions dominated the evolution once again. Storms seemed to focus south of Route 6, possibly due to effects from outflow boundary that settled across the area the night before. Not a great deal of severe weather but FWA airport reported a 67 mph wind gust. A few reports of half inch to penny sized hail across the southeast along with some flooding in the Fort Wayne area.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 908508). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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