1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain over ground that was very moist from heavy June rains. The storms tended to regenerate over the same areas, causing estimated rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. The heaviest rain fell from the Carmi area east to the Wabash River.
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Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, July 1999
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