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Wythe, VA · Apr 19, 2015

A prolonged heavy rainfall event with slow-moving boundary produced significant small stream and subsequent river flooding in the mountains of southwest VA beginning overnight Sunday, April 19th.

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Livingston, IL · Dec 29, 2015

Extensive flooding ensued from heavy rainfall near the end of December 2015. The rain/sleet storm on December 28th produced precipitation amounts between 2 and 3|inches within portions of the Kankakee, Vermilion, Iroquois, and upper Illinois watersheds.

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Tulsa, OK · Dec 27, 2015

A strong upper level low pressure system moved from the desert southwest into the Southern Plains in late December. Unseasonably moist air was in place across the region ahead of this approaching system as Pacific moisture in the mid and upper levels combined with very moist air…

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Pittsburg, OK · Dec 27, 2015

A strong upper level low pressure system moved from the desert southwest into the Southern Plains in late December. Unseasonably moist air was in place across the region ahead of this approaching system as Pacific moisture in the mid and upper levels combined with very moist air…

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Madison, AL · Dec 25, 2015

Numerous systems affecting the Tennessee valley earlier in the month set the stage widespread flash flooding and areal flooding across much of the region during the final week of 2015.

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Hays, TX · May 3, 2019

Convection from the previous day left a number of outflow boundaries across South Central Texas. These interacted with a mid to upper level shortwave trough to trigger thunderstorms.

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Blanco, TX · May 3, 2019

Convection from the previous day left a number of outflow boundaries across South Central Texas. These interacted with a mid to upper level shortwave trough to trigger thunderstorms.

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Choctaw, OK · May 20, 2015

A stationary frontal boundary extended across southeastern Oklahoma and west central Arkansas on the 19th. Very moist and unstable air was in place along and south of the boundary.

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Bucks, PA · May 29, 2019

Strong to severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain to parts of eastern Pennsylvania, and to parts of northern and central New Jersey during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 29.

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Philadelphia, PA · May 30, 2016

Moisture from the remnants of tropical storm Bonnie moved northward into the region and interacted with a frontal boundary over the region. This resulted in several rounds of heavy rain on the night of the 29th and the early morning of the 30th.

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Rock Island, IL · Apr 1, 2019

The Mississippi River remained high through the month of April due to a combination of snow melt and several rounds of heavy rain. Several points on the river remained above major flood stage through the month. All locations along the river observed two crests through the month.

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Fountain, IN · Jun 13, 2015

An 18-year-old Covington man is dead after being swept through the Coal Creek low head dam. According to Indiana Conservation Officers, all area waterways are flooded and dangerous following the recent rain.

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Dauphin, PA · Jul 23, 2018

I persistent upper level flow of moist southerly air brought waves of flooding and flash flooding to the region. Significant flooding was reported across eastern portions of the area.

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Adams, PA · Jul 22, 2018

I persistent upper level flow of moist southerly air brought waves of flooding and flash flooding to the region. Significant flooding was reported across eastern portions of the area.

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Christian, MO · Apr 29, 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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Santa Fe, NM · Sep 22, 2014

An upper level impulse moving very slowly northeast over New Mexico after multiple days of heavy rainfall produced areas of flash flooding yet again. A wave of heavy rainfall early in the day over Chaves County produced flash flooding along U.S. 285 north of Roswell.

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San Bernardino, CA · Aug 3, 2014

An upper-level low from Baja cut underneath a large area of seasonably strong high pressure aloft, tapping into lingering monsoonal moisture to produce showers and thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts, as well as a few along the coastal areas, with heavy rain at times.

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Greene, IN · Apr 7, 2014

The heaviest and most widespread rains of the month occurred at the beginning of April. Storms from the 2nd through the 4th dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain on central and southern Indiana. Central Indiana experienced widespread areal flooding from the 3rd through the 4th.

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Clark, MO · Jun 7, 2014

An upper level trough axis extended from central Iowa through central Missouri with low pressure at the surface in central Missouri on June 7, 2014. This spread a large area of showers and embedded thunderstorms into extreme northeast Missouri during the afternoon.

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Jefferson, KY · Mar 14, 2015

Widespread soaking rains on the 13th and 14th of March that brought over one and one half inches throughout all of central Kentucky, brought renewed minor to moderate flooding to several rivers across central Kentucky.

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Howell, MO · Feb 26, 1997

A two year old girl drowned after the pickup truck driven by her mother was swept off a rain-swollen low water crossing on County Road 1550, six miles east of Willow Springs. Her mother was rescued.

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Lee, TX · May 26, 2016

An upper level trough moved out of the southern Rockies and provided sufficient lift to form thunderstorms along a dryline in west Texas. These storms moved into South Central Texas and were further enhanced by an outflow boundary that moved out of north Texas.

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Travis, TX · May 27, 2016

An upper level trough moved out of the southern Rockies and provided sufficient lift to form thunderstorms along a dryline in west Texas. These storms moved into South Central Texas and were further enhanced by an outflow boundary that moved out of north Texas.

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Crawford, AR · May 11, 2015

A slow-moving low pressure trough moved from the Rockies into the Plains during the 9th and 10th. Several disturbances rotating through this trough translated across the Southern Plains during this period.

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