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Northern Nassau, NY · Aug 28, 2011

As Hurricane Irene moved north along the Atlantic coast and interacted with land, it weakened and made its second landfall as a Tropical Storm near Little Egg Inlet along the southeast NJ Coast on August 28, 2011 around 5:35 am EDT.

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Flash Flood$5.0M damage

Washington, UT · Jan 3, 1997

Subtropical moisture brought heavy rains to southwest Utah to kick-off the new year. Washington county had hundreds of reports of flood damage. Most Streets and basements were flooded in the towns of St. George and Bloomington.

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Lancaster, SC · Jan 12, 2015

Rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches over the eastern Midlands and Upper Pee Dee region produced some urban and small stream flooding. One person died when he tried to cross a flooding area with his pickup truck.

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El Paso, TX · Apr 19, 2014

An upper low was located over Arizona which was able to tap into some mid level Baja moisture. At the same time, southeast surface winds brought in Gulf of Mexico moisture at the low levels.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$400.0M damage

Lamar, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

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Flash Flood1 death

Lewis, MO · Jul 11, 2015

Several rounds of heavy rain fell over northeast Missouri and west central Illinois from the afternoon hours of July 11th through the early morning hours of July 12th.

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Caldwell, TX · May 27, 2014

A late season mid to upper level low moved through the southern plains. Jet streaks around this low provided enough lift to produce thunderstorms across South Central Texas. Some thunderstorms produced severe size hail.

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Coastal Flood1 death

Southern New Haven, CT · Dec 7, 1996

A second coastal storm formed in less than 24 hours off the Mid-Atlantic Coast. As it moved northeast off the coast, it spread heavy precipitation across the local area.The precipitation began around 6 pm on December 7th in the form of rain along the coast, but was mixed with…

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Southern Westchester, NY · Mar 31, 1997

An intense low pressure system developed off the DELMARVA Coast during Monday morning. It moved slowly east-northeast, passing south of Long Island Monday afternoon and southeast of Cape Cod, MA during Tuesday morning, April 1st.Heavy rain developed Monday morning.

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Coastal Flood1 death

Southern Fairfield, CT · Mar 31, 1997

An intense low pressure system developed off the DELMARVA Coast during Monday morning. It moved slowly east-northeast, passing south of Long Island Monday afternoon and southeast of Cape Cod, MA during Tuesday morning, April 1st.Heavy rain developed by late Monday morning.

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Flash Flood1 death

Passaic, NJ · Jul 8, 1996

Clusters of strong thunderstorms developed in a moist unstable airmass ahead of a slow moving cold front.Thunderstorms produced torrential rain, frequent lightning, and gusty winds.

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Franklin, ME · Mar 31, 1998

Rapidly melting snow caused by record-breaking warmth combined with rainfall to cause flooding on the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and their tributaries. Many roads were closed due to the flooding.

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Los Angeles, CA · Feb 6, 1998

The second storm of the month struck Central and Southern California. Once again, strong winds, gustingup to 70 mph, knocked down many trees and power lines. Rainfall totals ranged from 1 to 3 inches overcoastal areas, up to 6 inches in the mountains.

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Woods, OK · Oct 31, 1998

Very heavy rainfall fell over the northern half of the NWSO Norman, OK Hydrologic Services Area (HSA) during late October and early November. Precipitation totals between 3 and 11 inches were recorded during the three-day period of October 31-November 2, 1998 at locations in…

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Santa Barbara, CA · Feb 7, 1998

The third storm of the month brought more weather-related problems to Central and Southern California. Strong winds, gusting up to 70 mph, knocked down many trees and power lines. In Encino, the winds blew down Lang Oak, a one thousand year-old oak tree.

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Camden, MO · May 4, 1999

Thunderstorms produced a large area of 2 to 6 inch rainfall over central, south central, and southwest Missouri. The hardest hit areas were along the Kansas state line from Nevada to Joplin where some damage to roads occurred.

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San Bernardino, CA · Jul 12, 1999

Thunderstorms formed in a southwest to northeast band during the evening from the Lucerne Valley through the northwest part of the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Training Center and across I-40 into the Devils Playground.

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New Haven, CT · 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 around 8 pm and across Central Connecticut from 9 pm to 11 pm on the 16th.Death:…

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Bertie, NC · Sep 15, 1999

Very heavy rain from Hurricane Floyd, falling on soils saturated by heavy rain of the previous 3 weeks, produced widespread flooding and flash flooding across northeast North Carolina, from the Roanoke River eastward.

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Mecklenburg, NC · Jan 23, 1999

Unseasonably warm, moist air and strong winds through a deep layer of the atmosphere combined to produce a line of thunderstorms along a cold front advancing east across North Carolina.

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Parker, TX · Jun 4, 2000

June 3rd & 4th - Event NarrativeNumerous boundaries were across the state and they acted as triggers for showers and thunderstorms. Upper level winds were very light and any storms that formed moved very slowly.

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Ulster, NY · Dec 17, 2000

A complex storm system began to evolve on Saturday December 16 across the Mississippi Valley. A surface low tracked north into the Eastern Great Lakes by December 17.

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Adams, CO · Aug 17, 2000

Thunderstorms producing very heavy rain, up to 3.5 inches in spots, caused flooding and flash flooding problems in and around the Denver Metropolitan area. In Commerce City, a 37-yr old firefighter drowned while attempting to rescue a stranded motorist.

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Flash Flood1 death

McLennan, TX · Dec 16, 2001

A slow moving storm system dropped heavy rain across North Central Texas Saturday night, December15th and during the day Sunday December 16th. Unofficial reports of four to ten inches of rain fell in 48 hours along and east of Interstate 35.

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