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Flash Flood — Bay, FL

Apr 9, 2021

Multiple round of showers and thunderstorms ahead of a strong cold front affected the tri-state region during the April 9-10 period. An initial round of storms on April 9th brought primarily large hail to the region, and then a squall line pushed through on April 10th with primarily damaging winds as well as a few tornadoes, mainly across Florida. Some flooding was also reported, mainly across Florida where the heaviest rainfall amounts occurred in a short period of time.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 953879). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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