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Coastal St. Lucie, FL · Oct 9, 2024

Hurricane Milton moved ashore the west-central Florida coast as a category 3 hurricane on Oct 9 around 1930EST. The system continued slowly in an east-northeast trajectory across central Florida, becoming a category 1 hurricane before emerging into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape…

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Western Duval, FL · Sep 26, 2024

Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category 4 with peak winds of near 140 mph in the Florida Big |Bend just east of the Aucilla River Entrance in Taylor County, late Thursday evening September 26, |2024.

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Coastal Sarasota, FL · Aug 4, 2024

Hurricane Debby made landfall north of the local area along the Big Bend region of Florida near Steinhatchee around 7 AM EST on August 5th as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and a minimum pressure of 979 mb.

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Flash Flood1 death$150K damage

Garfield, CO · Jul 23, 1997

Flood waters from swollen creeks washed across six roads, including interstate 70, resulting in closures of varying periods. A man driving a pickup tried to cross one of the flooded roads and was swept away to his death.

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Yavapai, AZ · Nov 18, 2025

A slow moving upper level low pressure system moved down the California coast, tapping ample moisture and spreading precipitation across the state of Arizona. This was a relatively warm storm with high snow levels, at or above 6500-7000 feet.

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Flash Flood1 death$20K damage

Jackson, WV · Apr 16, 2011

Showers and thunderstorms moved north during the overnight hours, ahead of an approaching cold front. Just prior to the frontal passage, training of showers affected southern Wayne County on north through parts of Lincoln, Putnam and Jackson Counties from 0600E to 0900E on…

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Flood1 death$20K damage

Wayne, IL · Dec 24, 2013

Heavy rainfall shortly before Christmas caused sharp rises on regional rivers. The heavy rainfall was caused by a slow-moving cold front that passed across the Lower Ohio and Mid Mississippi Valleys between the 20th and 22nd.

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Johnson, 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$35K damage

Shelby, AL · Jan 7, 1998

A strong low pressure system move over Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain to the state. Rivers, creeks and ditches were all out of their banks. Numerous streets were closed due to water over the road.

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Flood1 death$15K damage

Nelson, KY · Nov 29, 2011

On Saturday, November 26th, a deep full latitude trough across the Central Plains slowly moved east toward the Lower Ohio Valley. Light to moderate rain begin across central Kentucky around midnight Sunday morning and continued without interruption through late Monday as the…

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Bienville, LA · Mar 9, 2016

A strong upper level low pressure system settled over northern Mexico on March 8th, and became stationary through March 12th as it was cut off from the upper level jet stream, with a blocking upper ridge having developed over Florida and the western Atlantic.

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Bayfield, WI · Jul 12, 2016

Thunderstorms brought heavy rain to northwest Wisconsin early Monday, July 11th which helped to saturate the soil. During the day a strong low level jet pumped very moist air into the region.

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Coastal Chatham, GA · Oct 8, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Pitt, NC · Oct 8, 2016

Hurricane Matthew moved northeast offshore of the North Carolina coast late on October 8th through October 9th. Widespread heavy rain developed on October 8th and continued through early on October 9th as Matthew approached and moved offshore of the coast.

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Bulloch, GA · Oct 8, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Bulloch, GA · Oct 8, 2016

Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Morris, KS · May 31, 1996

Very heavy rains of 4 to 10 inches produced widespread flooding over the county. Many roads, especially in rural areas, were underwater, closed and/or damaged.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Polk, IA · Feb 19, 1997

Significant ice jams took place along the Raccoon River along its lower reaches. One occurred where the river flows through a gravel pit on the west side of the Des Moines area. A woman was driving across a flood plain road when one of the ice jams suddenly broke.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Lauderdale, AL · May 27, 2008

On the morning of June 27th, strong to severe thunderstorms formed along multiple pre-frontal boundaries ahead of a slow moving cold front over northern Tennessee.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Lincoln, KY · May 2, 2010

A stalled cold front over the Mississippi Valley spawned thunderstorms producing heavy rain from northern Mississippi through middle Tennessee and central Kentucky into southern Indiana.

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Flood1 death$30K damage

Cabell, WV · Dec 10, 2007

Several periods of rain occurred from the 7th into the 10th. A strong frontal zone existed on the 9th into the 10th with surface dew points in the 55 to 60 degree range south of the front.

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Flash Flood1 death$30K damage

Taylor, TX · Aug 18, 2007

Heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Depression Erin closed many roads across the region. High waters washed away two homes near Elm Creek south of Abilene. Abilene rescue crews carried out about 50 high water rescues due to the rapidly rising waters.

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Flash Flood1 death$100K damage

Lawrence, 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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Carroll, MD · Jul 31, 2025

A slow moving cold front combined with a highly unstable atmosphere along with tropical moisture to produce slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall. Some of these storms trained over the same areas, resulting in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding.

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