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Tropical Storm$50K damage

Coastal Franklin, FL · Aug 5, 2024

Hurricane Debby made landfall along the Taylor County coast as a Category 1 Hurricane on the morning of Monday August 5th. In addition to storm surge flooding along the FL Big Bend coast, around 12 inches of rainfall lead to widespread flooding in Madison and Taylor counties.

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Flood$1.5M damage

Caribou, ID · Jun 1, 2023

Extreme snowmelt from heavy snowfall and extreme flows on the Portneuf River caused damage to the Chesterfield Reservoir spillway. The old structure started to deconstruct and makeshift repairs were made to alleviate any significant flooding.

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Flash Flood$1.1M damage

Stokes, NC · Feb 6, 2020

A deep upper-level trough moved slowly across the central and eastern U.S. bringing abundant moisture northward and combined with a complex frontal boundary with several waves of low pressure to bring repeated rounds of heavy rainfall.

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Flood$230.0M damage

Weld, CO · Sep 12, 2013

A deep southerly flow over Colorado, ahead of a near stationary low pressure system over the Great Basin, pumped copious amounts of monsoonal moisture into the area. In addition, a weak stationary front stretched along the Front Range Foothills and Palmer Divide.

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Flash Flood$55K damage

Pecos, TX · Jun 5, 2025

Shortwave troughing and upslope flow generated scattered thunderstorms in the higher terrain of West Texas. Meanwhile, troughing and a stationary front/outflow boundary helped generate thunderstorms across portions of Southeast New Mexico.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

San Juan, UT · Jun 4, 2025

Anomalously deep moisture was present across southeast Utah and southwest Colorado on the afternoon of June 4th. Enough sunshine had gotten through during the morning hours to create afternoon instability of 500-1000 J/Kg, more than enough to produce some strong storms.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Bell, TX · Apr 9, 2024

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms occurred from Monday April 8 through Wednesday April 10 as a deep low pressure system moved east through the Rockies, eventually transitioning to an open trough as it traversed the Plains.

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Flood$300K damage

Rio Arriba, NM · May 2, 2023

Well above average snowpack and warm temperatures led to rapid snowmelt and river rises on many northern NM river basins. Overbank flooding was reported at and downstream of the junction between the Rio Ojo Caliente and Rio Chama between May 5th and May 10th.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Webster, MO · Jun 4, 2025

A very moist airmass led to the development of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall rates during the morning and afternoon of June 4th. Significant flash flooding occurred in and around the city of Marshfield.

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Flood$475K damage

San Juan, WA · Nov 15, 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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Flood$474K damage

King, WA · Jan 12, 2021

The period from January 10 to 16 continued a pattern of a strong and persistent Aleutian Low pressure system in the eastern Pacific that began December 29, 2020 and which directed the jet stream and primary storm track at Washington State.

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Flash Flood$22.0M damage

Nicholas, WV · Jun 23, 2016

Multiple rounds of convection resulted in wind damage and flooding. Flash flooding on small streams turned into river flooding. A historic and record setting flood occurred along portions of the Elk and Gauley Rivers in central West Virginia.

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Flood$2.2M damage

Harrison, IA · Mar 13, 2019

A 971mb bomb cyclone moved out of the central Rockies on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 and helped to create widespread, moderate to major, and in many cases historic, flooding across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

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Flood$61K damage

Oregon, MO · Nov 4, 2024

Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms brought severe weather and flooding to southwest Missouri from November 4-5, 2024. A corridor of very heavy rainfall east of Springfield caused several rivers to reach major flood stage, with some locations experiencing record…

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Flash Flood$2.7M damage

Honolulu, HI · Mar 9, 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$150K damage

Howard, IN · Jun 14, 2025

Multiple rounds of slow-moving storms impacted much of north central Indiana during the late overnight and morning hours of June 14th with rain totals as high as 6 inches. Numerous roads were closed with the most severe flooding noted on the south side of Kokomo.

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Flood$108K damage

Winneshiek, IA · Jun 23, 2024

Above normal rainfall over the course of June, combined with a robust rainfall event between June 20th and 22nd, led to widespread river flooding across portions of northeast Iowa.

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Coastal Flood$100K damage

Pinellas, FL · Dec 17, 2023

A surface low pressure system developed over the south-central Gulf of Mexico and moved east-northeast across the Florida peninsula, preceded by strong south to southwest winds that lead to elevated water levels during high tide resulting in coastal flooding along the western…

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Coastal Flood$100K damage

Mainland Monroe, FL · Dec 17, 2023

Enhanced pressure gradients between a surface high and stalled frontal boundary produced strong and gusty northeasterly winds across much of South Florida beginning on December 13th, with winds eventually turning southerly and peaking on December 16th and 17th when gale force…

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Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Walworth, WI · Jul 12, 2017

Rounds of thunderstorms with torrential rainfall affected southern WI from late evening on July 11th through the morning of July 12th due to a strong surge of warm, moist, and unstable air over a stationary front.

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Flash Flood$1.0M damage

Mecklenburg, NC · Nov 12, 2020

Tropical Cyclone Eta moved from the eastern Gulf of Mexico, across the northern Florida peninsula, to off the South Carolina coast throughout the 11th and 12th.

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Flash Flood$1.0M damage

Medina, OH · Sep 7, 2020

A cold front moved slowly southward across Lake Erie and northern Ohio into a moist environment early Labor Day morning. A strong jet aloft fueled persistent moisture advection along with significant backbuilding and training of thunderstorms across the area between about 6am…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Essex, 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$100K damage

Lake, 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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