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Flash Flood$100K damage

Lackawanna, PA · Sep 9, 2023

A stationary frontal system over northeastern Pennsylvania combined with a weak upper level disturbance to focus heavy rain producing thunderstorms over the area.

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Flash Flood$5.0M damage

Kendall, TX · Jun 22, 1997

The heavy rain Friday night into Saturday afternoon had left South Central Texas soils saturated. The situation worsened Saturday evening into Sunday as heavy rain associated with the upper low pressure system redeveloped over the western Texas Hill Country.

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Flood$15K damage

Jackson, IN · Feb 6, 2008

Widespread flooding struck central Indiana in February. Some of the same areas heavily flooded during January were once again flooded to near record levels. February flooding was more widespread and persisted longer than flooding during January.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Shenandoah, VA · Jun 17, 2000

Slow moving thunderstorms dropped very heavy rain across the northern half of Virginia during the afternoon and evening of the 17th. In Shenandoah County, 2 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes in New Market.

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Storm Surge/Tide$4.0M damage

Coastal Palm Beach County, FL · Nov 1, 2007

A strong pressure gradient between high pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states and Tropical Storm Noel over Hispaniola and eastern Cuba caused a prolonged period of strong east winds over Southeast Florida and the adjacent waters.

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Flash Flood$2.0M damage

Pueblo, CO · Jul 9, 1996

Severe storms brought flooding rain, damaging winds, and large hail the evening of the 9th. From 2 to 4.5 inches of rain fell in a short period of time on the east side of Pueblo, causing widespread flooding of low spots and roof collapses of three businesses.

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Flood$400K damage

Imperial, CA · Jul 30, 2012

Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across southwestern Imperial county during the afternoon hours on July 30th. Due to the very humid and unstable nature of the atmosphere, the storms produced locally heavy rainfall which led to episodes of flash flooding, followed by…

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Flash Flood$1.1M damage

Douglas, KS · Oct 4, 1998

Thunderstorms from the afternoon of the 4th to the early morning of the 5th produced heavy rains and flash flooding across counties of northeast and east central Kansas.There were numerous reports of road closures, stalled vehicles and stranded motorists.

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Flood$1.0M damage

Hancock, OH · Jun 1, 1997

The Blanchard River at Findlay exceeded its flood stage of 11 feet and crested at 15.5 feet at 1000 on 06/02/97. Local police used boats to ferry residents to and from their homes along the river when access was cut off due to the flooding.

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Coastal Flood$700K damage

Inland Sussex, DE · Feb 4, 1998

The strongest northeaster of the winter battered Kent and Sussex Counties with damaging winds, severe coastal flooding, extensive beach erosion, several dune breaches and heavy rain. A state of emergency was declared for all or parts of Sussex County from 7 a.m.

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Flash Flood

Tate, MS · Apr 27, 2011

A stationary front remained draped across Southern Missouri into Western Kentucky from April 24th, 2011 into April 25th, 2011. A very warm and unstable atmosphere was in place across the Mid-South ahead of the front.

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Flood$200K damage

Fayette, TX · Oct 17, 1998

Flooding along the Colorado River.The Colorado River at Bastrop reached a crest of 32.3 feet, with flood stage 25 feet, flooding a golf course. At Smithville, the Colorado crested at 34.6 feet, where flood stage is 20 feet.

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Flood$200K damage

Lavaca, TX · Oct 17, 1998

Flooding along the Lavaca and Navidad RiversThe Navidad River near Sublime at Highway 90A crested at 32.2 feet, with flood stage 24 feet, causing major flooding. Near Speaks at FM 530, the river rose to 28.5 feet, with the flood stage at 24 feet.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$54.0M damage

Coastal Broward, FL · Oct 14, 1999

After lingering as a broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea for four days, a tropical depression formed just after midnight EDT on October 13 and became tropical storm Irene in the northwest Caribbean Sea later that morning.

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Flash Flood$80K damage

Gillespie, TX · Nov 15, 2001

Along the edge of the Hill Country, rainfall began in the early morning hours, and by 0500 to 0600 CST, average accumulations were in the 2 to 3 inch range and still increasing.

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Flash Flood$80K damage

Rio Blanco, CO · Jul 25, 2005

A wall of water about 6 feet deep came down from Box D Gulch and struck 12 teenagers working for the Colorado State Division of Wildlife (DOW) repairing fences at the Little Hills State Wildlife Area, just over 3 miles east of the intersection of County Road 22 and County Road…

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Riverside, CA · Feb 14, 2019

A major atmospheric river impacted Southern California February 13th through 15th bringing heavy rain and high winds. Over the course of 48 hours, many mountain locales recorded 8 to 10 inches of rain, with Palomar Mountain (San Diego County) recording over 10 inches of rain in…

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Flash Flood$400K damage

Jackson, WI · Sep 6, 2015

During the evening of September 6th, thunderstorms developed north of a nearly stationary front across the west central portions of Wisconsin. The first round of thunderstorms produced some locally heavy rains and damaging winds.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Kendall, TX · Nov 15, 2001

Along the edge of the Hill Country, rainfall began in the early morning hours, and by 0500 to 0600 CST, average accumulations were in the 2 to 3 inch range and still increasing.

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Flood$297.0M damage

Boulder, CO · Sep 12, 2013

A deep southerly flow over Colorado, ahead of a near stationary low pressure system over the Great Basin, pumped copious amounts of monsoonal moisture into the area. In addition, a weak stationary front stretched along the Front Range Foothills and Palmer Divide.

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Flash Flood$80K damage

Wilson, TX · Sep 8, 2002

By late afternoon, rainfall was widespread across South Central Texas, having spread westward to the Rio Grande. A band of heavy rain stretching from near San Antonio through Floresville to Karnes City produced an additional round of flash flooding from late afternoon into the…

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Val Verde, TX · Aug 23, 1998

Moderate to heavy rainfall continued through much of the morning on Sunday the 23rd, producing widespread flash flooding over secondary roads and over low water crossings.

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Flash Flood$5.0M damage

Kern, CA · Sep 3, 1997

Monsoonal moisture over the Southwest United States by the late afternoon/early evening of Wednesday, September 3rd, supported thunderstorm activity over the desert portions of Kern County and the northern Kern County Mountains.

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Flood$15K damage

La Salle, IL · Sep 14, 2008

The remnants of hurricane Ike moved across northern Illinois during the morning hours of September 14th. This system produced a second round of very heavy rain after a period of heavy rain just 24 hours earlier across many of the same areas.

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