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Flash Flood$250K damage

Wayne, OH · Aug 8, 2024

A surface trough was oriented south to north across northeast Ohio during the afternoon and early evening of August 8th, 2024, with then Tropical Depression Debby centered over the Carolinas.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Jenkins, GA · Aug 6, 2024

Debby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.

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Flood$2.5M damage

San Benito, CA · Jan 27, 2021

A plume of moisture from the tropical Pacific brought an Atmospheric River to the Bay Area January 26th-29th. This system generated heavy rain rates causing flooding and debris flows over area burn scars as well as 15 to 20 inches of rain in the Santa Lucia Mountains.

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Flood$250K damage

Preston, WV · Apr 3, 2024

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms prompted a widespread flash flood problems across the Ohio River Valley on April 2nd to April 3rd.

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Flood$250K damage

Pipestone, MN · Jun 21, 2024

A multi-day significant heavy rainfall event from June 20-22 resulted in widespread rain totals between 5 and 10 inches across southwest Minnesota. As rainfall reached area streams and rivers, major to record flooding was observed, devastating multiple towns and communities.

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Flood$250K damage

Wyoming, PA · Aug 9, 2024

A deep plume of tropical moisture had spread over Northeast Pennsylvania ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Prolonged torrential rains blanketed the region during the night and early morning hours before becoming enhanced by the approaching tropical remnants.

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Tropical Storm$250K damage

Coastal Martin, FL · Sep 26, 2024

Major Hurricane Helene paralleled the west coast of Florida about 100 miles offshore before making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida near the city of Perry.

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Flash Flood$14.3M damage

Maui, HI · Mar 8, 2021

A slow-moving surface trough, heading east to west, and an upper disturbance triggered heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms that caused flash flooding in some instances. Damages occurred to public and private property, including roads and bridges washed out.

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Flash Flood$528K damage

Oxford, ME · Jun 26, 2023

Slow moving showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure moved across western Maine through the night of June 25th and into the morning of June 26th.

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Flood$2.4M damage

Snohomish, WA · Nov 12, 2021

An upper level trough Gulf Low continued off the west coast that brought a series of atmospheric rivers resulting in flooding across parts of western Washington. This second atmospheric river episode of the month was a set of three atmospheric rivers back-to-back-to-back.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Wilson, TX · Sep 5, 2001

Widespread showers and thunderstorms over the three counties produced general rainfall of 1 to 2 inches, with isolated totals of up to 6 inches between Seguin, Stockdale and Floresville. Numerous rural roads and low water crossings were closed.

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Flash Flood$300K damage

St. Louis (c), MO · Aug 10, 2025

Conditions were primed for flash flooding during the afternoon of August 10th. With very little wind shear, very high precipitable water values, and an area of moisture convergence, thunderstorms were able to develop and move very slowly as they poured out.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Crawford, AR · Oct 10, 2014

A series of disturbances propagating along a stationary frontal boundary resulted in widespread heavy rainfall across parts of northwestern Arkansas. Flash flooding occurred across some areas as a result of the heavy rainfall.

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Flood$235.0M damage

St. Louis, MO · Dec 27, 2015

A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.

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Flash Flood$5.0M damage

Montague, TX · May 22, 2020

May 22nd - 24th, 2020 was an active few days with two main time frames of severe weather, and scattered severe weather reports punctuated elsewhere within these few days.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Orleans, VT · Jul 10, 2023

Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall affected Vermont from late afternoon of the 9th through the early morning hours on the 11th. During the roughly 36-hour period, 4 to as much as 9 inches of rain fell across much of the Green Mountains, leading to devastating flash and riverine…

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Putnam, TN · May 18, 2023

A weak upper-level low moved over Middle Tennessee on May 18, 2023. This combined with plenty of moisture and diurnal heating allowed for scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Lorain, OH · Aug 23, 2023

An anomalously-warm and moist air mass was in place across much of the Central Plains and Midwest, resulting in strong to perhaps extreme instability in addition to tropical-like precipitable water values exceeding 2.0 inches.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Calloway, KY · Jul 19, 2023

Historic flash flooding struck parts of far western Kentucky. Among the hardest hit counties was Graves County, which had not completely recovered from a catastrophic tornado in December of 2021.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Carlisle, KY · Jul 19, 2023

Historic flash flooding struck parts of far western Kentucky. Among the hardest hit counties was Graves County, which had not completely recovered from a catastrophic tornado in December of 2021.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Curry, NM · May 24, 2023

Several consecutive days of significant severe weather impacted eastern New Mexico from May 24-26, 2023. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the dryline and east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on May 23rd.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Quay, NM · May 25, 2023

Several consecutive days of significant severe weather impacted eastern New Mexico from May 24-26, 2023. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the dryline and east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on May 23rd.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Weakley, TN · Aug 4, 2023

A stationary front was situated from southeast Missouri into northwest Tennessee during the early morning hours of August 4, 2023. An extremely unstable airmass was situated along and south of the front with surface-based convective available potential energy values of up to…

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Custer, NE · Oct 12, 2023

A warm front was situated over southern Nebraska on the morning of October 12th. Aided by strong mid level winds, thunderstorms developed along this front and lifted quickly north into central Nebraska during the mid to late afternoon hours of October 12th.

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