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Hurricane (Typhoon)1 death$7.6M damage

Chowan, NC · Sep 18, 2003

Hurricane Isabel was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Sustained tropical storm force winds with frequent gusts to hurricane force occurred over coastal northeast North Carolina.

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Flood1 death$7.5M damage

Hunterdon, NJ · Jun 28, 2006

Several days of heavy rain throughout the Delaware River Basin culminated with major flooding along the Delaware River from the 28th through the 30th. It was the fourth highest crest on record for the Delaware River along Hunterdon County.

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Flash Flood1 death$1.0M damage

Anderson, TX · Apr 30, 2016

A warm front and a dry line combined to produce another round of severe weather across the region. Three tornadoes occurred on April 29th producing relatively minor damage equivalent to EF-0 damage.

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Flash Flood1 death$150K damage

Bell, TX · Jun 17, 2015

Tropical Depression Bill brought flooding to parts of North Texas. The counties that experienced the most significant flooding were Wise and Montague Counties, and the northern parts of Parker County. Over a foot of rain fell in parts of Montague County.

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Flood1 death$15K damage

Bourbon, KY · Sep 23, 2018

On the afternoon of September 22nd, a flash flood watch was issued to cover southeast Indiana and areas in and around the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.||By September 23rd, a cold front stretched west to east from western Tennessee to far |east-central Kentucky on through eastern…

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Flood1 death

Alameda, CA · Mar 10, 2023

Sub-tropical jet stream aided in advecting sub-tropical moisture plume from over the Central Pacific into the California Coast starting March 9th through the 11th.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Dallas, MO · Sep 7, 2018

The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon tracked from the Mississippi Coast into southwest Missouri. Widespread rainfall occurred over the Ozarks Region, with pockets of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding.

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Flood1 death$6.6M damage

Kanawha, WV · Nov 12, 2003

Rains of 2.5 to 4.75 inches fell from 2200E on the 11th through 1900E on the 12th. Repetitive showers formed, as dew points of 60 to 65 degrees fed the system from Kentucky.

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Flood1 death$25K damage

Greenup, KY · Dec 16, 2019

A strong storm system brought a prolonged period of moderate to heavy rainfall to the middle Ohio River Valley on the 15th and 16th. While rainfall amounts were never heavy enough to lead to flash flooding, when all was said and done, 2.5 to 3 inches of rain fell over a roughly…

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Flood1 death$6.5M damage

Franklin, KY · Mar 2, 1997

Record to near record rainfall from early March 1 through March 2 caused the highest flooding on the Kentucky River at Frankfort since 1937 with the river cresting at 45.2 feet at 1 pm est March 3 (flood stage is 31 feet).

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Flood1 death$20K damage

Pima, AZ · Sep 7, 2012

A weak upper level disturbance combined with abundant moisture approaching 2 inches of precipitable water to generate widespread thunderstorms across southeast Arizona. Thunderstorms produced flash flooding and some produced damaging winds.

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Flood1 death$10K damage

Cabarrus, NC · Apr 30, 2020

An area of widespread rainfall developed across the western Carolinas in advance of a cold front late on the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th.

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Flash Flood1 death$6.0M damage

Passaic, NJ · Sep 16, 1999

Torrential record rainfall, which caused serious widespread urban, small stream, and river flooding, preceded the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed over Western Suffolk County of Long Island from 7 pm to 9 pm on September 16th.Deaths: Flooding caused 3 deaths: 2 in…

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Flash Flood1 death$6.0M damage

Madison, MO · Apr 3, 1999

The worst flooding in Madison County history struck the morning of April 3, 1999. Rainfall of 6 to 10 inches fell primarily during a 2 hour period resulting in flash flooding throughout the county. The county was declared a Federal Disaster Area.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)1 death$6.0M damage

Prince George, VA · Sep 18, 2003

Hurricane Isabel was a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Wakefield WFO county warning area. Sustained tropical storm force winds with frequent gusts to hurricane force occurred over interior southeast Virginia.

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Flood1 death

Hawkins, TN · Mar 28, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Flash Flood1 death$5.5M damage

Iron, MO · May 12, 2002

Some of the worse flash flooding in recent years hit on Sunday, Mother's Day, and continued into early Monday. Around 6 inches of rain fell on ground already saturated by previous rain. For several counties, it was the worst flooding in memory.

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Flash Flood1 death$5.0M damage

Belmont, OH · Jun 28, 1998

Additional thunderstorm rains on the 28th produced flash flooding across the entire county, forcing the closure of several county and state roads across the area.

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Flash Flood1 death$5.0M damage

Salem, NJ · Sep 16, 1999

Hurricane Floyd battered New Jersey (especially the central and northern thirds) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some areas, unprecedented and record breaking rains and damaging winds.

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Flash Flood1 death$5.0M damage

San Augustine, TX · Mar 30, 2008

Widespread flooding was reported along and south of a northward moving warm front across the lower Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn country of Deep East Texas into the piney woods of northeast Texas.

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Flash Flood1 death$5.0M damage

Carter, KY · Jul 20, 2010

Well south of a frontal boundary, a moist and unstable air mass resided over the Ohio Valley. The ground was already wetter than normal from previous rains. A southwest and west wind along with daytime heating formed showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of the 20th.

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Flash Flood1 death$500K damage

McDonald, MO · Aug 8, 2013

A stalled frontal boundary led to multiple rounds of thunderstorms which trained over the same areas and produced intense rainfall rates and rainfall totals.

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Flash Flood1 death$50K damage

San Juan, NM · Aug 5, 2016

The most significant burst of monsoon moisture and instability so far in the 2016 summer season impacted New Mexico on August 5th. Deep atmospheric moisture and strong afternoon heating led to widespread showers and thunderstorms with torrential rainfall.

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Flood1 death$5.0M damage

Baker, GA · Mar 8, 1998

An intense Gulf storm produced 5 to 12 inches of rain across much of southwest Georgia on March 7-9 which caused widespread flooding. Baker, Ben Hill, Cook, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Terrell, Decatur, Early, Brooks, Colquitt, Clay, Seminole, Calhoun, Thomas,…

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