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Flash Flood1 death$50K damage

Travis, TX · Dec 20, 1997

General 2 inch rainfall with isolated totals to nearly 5 inches caused brief flash flooding over the western part of Travis County, as reported by the Austin Fire Department. Nearly 3 inches of the rainfall came in less than 3 hours.

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Flash Flood1 death$20K damage

Shelby, TN · Jul 5, 2009

A cold front approached the Mid-South on Independence Day 2009. Showers and thunderstorms developed out ahead of the front during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 4th. The storms continued into the morning hours of July 5th before dissipating.

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Flash Flood1 death$20K damage

Madison, 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$20K damage

Crittenden, KY · Apr 4, 2008

A warm front moved slowly north across western Kentucky during the afternoon. Large clusters of thunderstorms produced very heavy rain. A cold front moved southeast into the Lower Ohio Valley during the night, preceded by more thunderstorms.

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Flood1 death$100K damage

Jackson, IN · Mar 10, 2006

Several bouts of heavy precipitation brought significant flooding to the East Fork White River in south central Indiana. One man was killed when he drove into a flooded road in Jackson County, while another was killed when he fell from a boat on a swollen tributary of the East…

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Flood1 death$100K damage

Lawrence, IN · Mar 12, 2006

Several bouts of heavy precipitation brought significant flooding to the East Fork White River in south central Indiana. One man was killed when he drove into a flooded road in Jackson County, while another was killed when he fell from a boat on a swollen tributary of the East…

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Flash Flood1 death$25K damage

Berkeley, SC · Sep 22, 2000

The two tornadoes that occurred in Allendale County were associated with the remnants of T.S. Helene as it moved across Georgia and South Carolina.

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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Kerr, TX · Nov 3, 2000

Heavy rain redeveloped from eastern Edwards and Real Counties into western Bandera and Kerr Counties near midnight on the 2nd. General rainfall totals were only 1 to 2 inches. However, isolated amounts up to 5 inches were indicated between Rocksprings and Leakey.

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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Pima, AZ · Jul 31, 2001

Severe thunderstorms produced rainfall rates of half of an inch in 30 minutes which flooded several streets in Tucson Metro area. Spotters in the Tucson Mountains reported 1.46 inches of rain in 25 minutes.

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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Fort Bend, TX · Oct 16, 2006

The combination of very deep tropical moisture with a slow-moving warm front and the approach of a strong upper level trough resulted in excessive rainfall across Harris and various surrounding counties.

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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Independence, AR · Oct 29, 2009

A large storm system in the Rockies headed through the Plains into the upper Midwest on the 29th. Rain increased ahead of the system, and became widespread in Arkansas. Meanwhile, a cold front arrived from the west.

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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Allen, KY · May 1, 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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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Barren, 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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Tropical Storm1 death$15K damage

Bay, FL · Aug 22, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay came ashore along the northeast Florida coast on the 21st. Fay moved slowly westward across northern Florida, producing widespread heavy rainfall and strong winds. On the 22nd, Fay began to approach the waters of Apalachee Bay.

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Flood1 death

Hopkins, TX · Jan 25, 2012

Rich low level moisture combined with increasing warm air advection and a very slow moving upper level low resulted in a heavy rainfall event that began during the afternoon of the 24th and ended from west to east during the day on the 25th.

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Flood1 death

Hunt, TX · Jan 25, 2012

Rich low level moisture combined with increasing warm air advection and a very slow moving upper level low resulted in a heavy rainfall event that began during the afternoon of the 24th and ended from west to east during the day on the 25th.

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Flood1 death

Racine, WI · Sep 26, 2011

Showers and thunderstorms associated with a cut-off upper low that stalled over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin produced up to 3 inches of rain across parts of southern Wisconsin over a 48-hour period ending the morning of September 26th...with between 1.5 and 2 inches…

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Flash Flood1 death$12K damage

Tulsa, OK · Apr 27, 1998

Summary of flash flood event on April 27 1998:Moderate to heavy rains near the center of a nearly stationary upper level weather system developed late in the evening on April 26.

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Flood1 death$12K damage

Mason, WA · Dec 3, 2007

Record flooding occurred on the Chehalis, Skokomish, and Elwha Rivers. In addition to the record flooding, major flooding occurred on the Bogachiel River.

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Flash Flood1 death$250K damage

Tarrant, TX · Mar 30, 2007

An upper low pressure system situated to the west brought large scale lift to north Texas. Southerly winds brought deep rich moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. These and other factors caused numerous thunderstorms to develop.

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Flash Flood1 death$15K damage

Vernon, WI · May 8, 2004

Flash flooding occurred when 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in less than two hours. Mudslides and rock slides were reported by law enforcement officials along Highway 35 near De Soto, Lynxville and Ferryville (Crawford County).

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Flash Flood1 death$10K damage

Madison, AR · Jan 5, 1998

A strongly baroclinic, southwest-northeast oriented front pulled up stationary over eastern Oklahoma on Jan. 4-5. A series of upper level disturbances in southwest flow aloft caused heavy rains to break out across the region. Rainfall totals of three to six inches were common.

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Flash Flood1 death$10K damage

Uvalde, TX · Oct 17, 1998

The Great October FloodIn advance of a very slow-moving upper level trough of low pressure over West Texas, a cold front drifted slowly southeastward into West Central Texas during the evening of Friday, October 16th.

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Flash Flood1 death$10K damage

Liberty, TX · Oct 16, 2006

The combination of very deep tropical moisture with a slow-moving warm front and the approach of a strong upper level trough resulted in excessive rainfall across Harris and various surrounding counties.

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