Thunderstorm Wind — Calhoun, Illinois

2015-06-25 · near Brussels, Calhoun, Illinois

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds flattened several corn fields near Brussels and Golden Eagle. Also, numerous tree limbs were blown down.

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary was slowly sinking south across forecast area. Several rounds of storms developed and moved east along the front dumping up to 8 inches of rain in a 24 hour period from 7 am June 25th to 7 am June 26th. This caused considerable flash flooding, especially in Lincoln County Missouri and Calhoun County Illinois. There were also numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 597824. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.