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Flash Flood in Butler County, Missouri

Flash Flood December 24, 2009 · Butler County, Missouri

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Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

King Creek rose up to the bridge on County Road 421.

The wider storm

A deepening low pressure center tracked north-northeast from northeast Texas to eastern Missouri. A strong southerly wind flow brought abundant moisture northward across the Lower Ohio Valley and southeast Missouri. Widespread rainfall amounts from two to four inches occurred, with up to six inches in the hilly terrain north and west of Poplar Bluff.

Began near Fagus (36.5538, -90.2362).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 202334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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