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Flash Flood1 death$20K damage

Rankin, MS · Apr 2, 2017

A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, a severe weather outbreak occurred with many tornadoes impacting portions of Louisiana and Mississippi.

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Flash Flood1 death$20K damage

Hickman, TN · Jun 5, 2014

A weak cold front moving southward out of Kentucky spawned numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on June 4 and continuing throughout the day on June 5. Many reports of damaging winds were received with these storms.

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Flash Flood1 death$20K damage

Pinal, AZ · Sep 8, 2014

Moisture associated with Tropical Depression Norbert, once rated as strong as a Category 3 hurricane, contributed to very heavy rainfall across southeast Arizona during the morning and early afternoon hours of September 8th.

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Flood1 death$200K damage

Cross, AR · May 1, 2011

Heavy rains continued to occur across the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley during the beginning part of May. In addition, spring snow melt across the Dakotas and Minnesota continued to create higher than normal river levels on the Mississippi River.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Comanche, TX · May 2, 2007

A split in the upper levels of the atmosphere steered several southern stream impulses into north Texas, producing flash flooding, strong winds, and a few tornadoes. The most impressive of these events was a derecho which moved through North Texas on May 2.

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Flash Flood1 death$10K damage

Cochise, AZ · Aug 14, 2018

Scattered thunderstorms moved west across mainly Graham and Cochise Counties in southeast Arizona. Storms produced damaging winds and flash flooding in Safford. Heavy rain and flash flooding occurred in Saint David and over the Lizard Fire Burn Scar.

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Flash Flood1 death$400K damage

Reynolds, MO · Mar 18, 2008

A large upper trough with a closed upper low slowly moved east across the Central United States March 17th through the 19th. This allowed a strong southerly flow to transport copious amounts of moisture from the deep south into the Midwest.

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Flash Flood1 death$400K damage

Johnson, TX · Sep 8, 2010

The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine moved through the western portions of north Texas dropping several inches of water in some locations and producing 8 tornadoes. Significant flash flooding occurred during the late evening hours of September 7th through September 8th.

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Tropical Storm1 death$175K damage

Monroe, PA · Aug 28, 2011

Irene produced heavy flooding rain, tropical storm force wind gusts with hundreds of thousands of outages, moderate tidal flooding along the Delaware River and one flooding related death in Eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend of August 27th and 28th.

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Flood1 death$50K damage

Dallas, TX · Nov 27, 2015

An Arctic cold front pushed south through north Texas Thanksgiving night through the following morning. Showers and thunderstorms accompanied the front, then continued through the weekend as a strong overrunning pattern remained in place after the front moved through the area.

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Flash Flood1 death$2.0M damage

Stone, AR · Mar 18, 2008

Very heavy rain began developing late on the 17th in northern and western Arkansas, and continued on the 18th as a powerful storm system approached from Texas.

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Flash Flood1 death$500K damage

Oakland, MI · Jun 18, 1996

A series of heavy thunderstorms moved across Oakland county during the afternoon on the 18th, producing rainfall amounts of around 3 inches across much of the county. A 24-hour rainfall of 3.11 inches was recorded at the National Weather Service Forecast Office at White Lake.

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Flash Flood1 death$300K damage

Muhlenberg, KY · Mar 1, 1997

A 41-year-old male drowned in Cypress Creek near Central City around 5 P.M. The man was attempting to ride in a rubber inner-tube on a swollen portion of the creek. Witnesses report the current forced him under a concrete bridge. The body was located a few days later.

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Flash Flood1 death$300K damage

Riverside, CA · Mar 5, 2000

A winter storm started out on the evening of Saturday, March 4 with heavy wet snow at the higher elevations and heavy rain and flooding at the lower elevations. Sustained 40 knot winds overnight caused heavy surf and several boats to lose their anchorage.

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Flash Flood1 death$300K damage

Ector, TX · May 24, 2003

An active round of severe thunderstorms, including a very serious flash flood situation, affected parts of West Texas on the 24th. The situation evolved as numerous thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary which was roughly oriented along the Interstate 20 corridor in…

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Flood1 death$300K damage

Wayne, WV · Nov 19, 2003

Rains of 2 to 4.2 inches fell from 2200E on the 18th through 1600E on the 19th. A strong inflow of moist air from the southeast, helped enhance these rains.

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Flood1 death$300K damage

Franklin, KS · Jul 1, 2007

The upper level low that brought persistent heavy rain during late June had moved out on the 1st with rain ending. However, flooding continued for a couple of days early in the month.

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Flash Flood1 death$1.8M damage

Montgomery, AL · May 7, 2009

A slow moving area of thunderstorms brought considerable flash flooding to several counties in central and southeast Alabama. A relatively narrow but rather long swath of rainfall of 3 to more than 7 inches stretched from northeastern Autauga County, across the city of…

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Flash Flood1 death$1.0M damage

Greene, MO · Mar 18, 2008

Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.

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Flash Flood1 death$350K damage

Washington, UT · Sep 27, 2014

After moisture from Tropical Storm Norbert impacted Utah earlier in the month, more moisture associated with Tropical Storm Odile moved into Utah on September 26 and 27, causing widespread flooding in central and southern Utah, as well as strong gusty thunderstorms in northern…

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Victoria, TX · May 16, 2021

A series of disturbances moving across South Texas produced a line of showers and thunderstorms that moved across the Coastal Bend and towards the Middle Texas Coast throughout the day on the 16th.

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Flash Flood1 death$250K damage

Roane, WV · Jan 21, 1999

Rains of 2 to 2.5 inches were common between 1100 to 1900E, in a narrow band located north of a warm frontal zone. The heaviest rains, estimated at over 3 inches fell over northern Roane County.

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Flood1 death$250K damage

Coles, IL · Jun 4, 2008

Several episodes of heavy rain from June 2nd through the 4th, and again on the 6th, produced copious amounts of rain and extensive flooding in eastern Illinois which persisted for two weeks.

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Flash Flood1 death$10K damage

Pulaski, MO · Apr 30, 2017

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms and extremely heavy rainfall over several days led to historic and devastating flash floods, record breaking river levels, large hail, wind damage, and at least one tornado across the Missouri Ozarks region.

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