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Flood — Dent, MO

Nov 22, 2020

Several upper level disturbances passed over the frontal zone and interacted with increasing low level moisture to produce several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall from the evening of the 20th to the pre-dawn hours of the 22nd. Rainfall accumulations for the 48-hour period ending at 3 AM on the 22nd ranged from one to two inches, with the highest totals over the eastern Ozarks. Localized flooding of low water crossings over southwest and south central Missouri led to two fatalities during th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 928551). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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