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Flash Flood1 death$23.0M damage

Grayson, VA · Sep 27, 2024

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 4 hurricane late Thursday, September 26, and moved quickly northward into the southeastern states, and then turned slightly northwestward towards the southern Appalachian Mountains overnight into Friday morning,…

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Flash Flood1 death$85.0M damage

St. Louis (c), MO · Jul 26, 2022

During the early morning of Tuesday, July 26th, 2022, a complex of training thunderstorms set up roughly along the I-70 corridor in Missouri and I-64 corridor in Illinois. Several rounds of thunderstorms with rainfall rates exceeding 2in/hr affected this area, including the St.

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Tropical Storm1 death$17.1M damage

Richland, SC · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene formed in the NW Caribbean Sea on September 24. Helene moved northward into the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened into a hurricane on September 25.

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Flash Flood1 death$7.0M damage

Shasta, CA · Dec 21, 2025

A series of atmospheric rivers brought moderate to heavy precipitation to interior northern California in the third week of December through the Christmas holiday. A Convergence Zone set up over Redding/Shasta County around 1 PM on Sunday, December 21.

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Flash Flood1 death$15.0M damage

Polk, NC · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Tropical Storm1 death$15.0M damage

Greenwood, SC · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

San Bernardino, CA · Feb 17, 2017

A strong trough and associated Pacific cold front swept into Southern California from the west, bringing strong winds, heavy snow and rain. The storm was noteworthy for the strong prefrontal southerly winds that produced significant tree damage over the coast and valleys.

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Flood1 death$12.0M damage

Lincoln, SD · Jun 20, 2024

A multi-day significant heavy rainfall event from June 20-22 resulted in widespread rain totals between 5 and 10 inches with pockets in excess of 15 inches across portions of southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and southwest Minnesota.

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Flash Flood1 death$25.0M damage

Windsor, 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 Flood1 death$50.0M damage

St. Louis, MO · Jul 26, 2022

During the early morning of Tuesday, July 26th, 2022, a complex of training thunderstorms set up roughly along the I-70 corridor in Missouri and I-64 corridor in Illinois. Several rounds of thunderstorms with rainfall rates exceeding 2in/hr affected this area, including the St.

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Flash Flood1 death$5.0M damage

Travis, TX · Jul 5, 2025

Precipitable water values over South-Central Texas remained near record levels, and a mid-level anticyclonic circulation continued over Central Texas providing lift to generate thunderstorms.

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Flood1 death

Edmonson, KY · Dec 2, 2019

Starting on November 29th, rainfall produced by a warm front moved north over south central Kentucky. Then on November 30th, the same system that produced the warm front, produced more rainfall over south central Kentucky as it pushed a cold front east.

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Tropical Storm1 death$7.9M damage

Lincoln, GA · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene formed in the NW Caribbean Sea on September 24. Helene moved northward into the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened into a hurricane on September 25.

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Flash Flood$22.0M damage

Bucks, PA · Sep 16, 1999

Hurricane Floyd battered Eastern Pennsylvania (especially Southeast sections around Philadelphia) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some places record breaking rains and damaging winds.

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Flood1 death$6.5M damage

Sioux, IA · Jun 20, 2024

A multi-day significant heavy rainfall event from June 20-22 resulted in widespread rain totals between 5 and 10 inches across portions of southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and southwest Minnesota.

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Flash Flood1 death$3.0M damage

Houston, MN · Aug 18, 2007

A warm front lifting northward into Iowa triggered round after round of thunderstorms with excessive rainfall across southeast Minnesota during the evening and overnight hours of August 18-19. This was after rain had fallen earlier in the day.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)1 death$500.0M damage

Calhoun, FL · Oct 10, 2018

Hurricane Michael started as typical weak October Caribbean tropical system. However, after approximately a week of slow development, the system moved into warm Gulf of Mexico waters and rapidly intensified into a major hurricane as it moved north towards the Florida Panhandle.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)1 death$5.0M damage

Colquitt, GA · Sep 26, 2024

Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 938 mb (27.70 inches) at about 11:10 PM EDT on Thursday, September 26th, in Taylor County Florida just east of the Aucilla River.

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Tropical Storm1 death$80.0M damage

Upper St. Martin, LA · Oct 9, 2020

A tropical wave moved into the Caribbean in early October and became a tropical depression by the 5th. The system quickly gained strength and obtained category 4 status before shear weakened it back to a category 2.

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Tropical Storm1 death$80.0M damage

Rapides, LA · Oct 9, 2020

A tropical wave moved into the Caribbean in early October and became a tropical depression by the 5th. The system quickly gained strength and obtained category 4 status before shear weakened it back to a category 2.

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Flood1 death$34.0M damage

Whatcom, WA · Nov 14, 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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Flood1 death$3.4M damage

Weld, CO · May 28, 2024

Strong to severe thunderstorms over the eastern plains during the early to mid evening hours. Storms built northwestward to the Greeley around where it dump hail and heavy rain causing flooding in parts of Greeley.

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Flood1 death$22.7M damage

Greene, TN · Sep 27, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene caps off a several day heavy rainfall event in association with a stalled closed upper low that drew a stream of tropical moisture into the area on the 25th and 26th.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)1 death$300.0M damage

Seminole, GA · Oct 10, 2018

Hurricane Michael started as typical weak October Caribbean tropical system. However, after approximately a week of slow development, the system moved into warm Gulf of Mexico waters and rapidly intensified into a major hurricane as it moved north towards the Florida Panhandle.

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