Flash Flood, Williamson
- When
- June 17, 11:15 PM CST to June 18, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Marion
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.730, -88.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Areas that already had experienced 4 to 7 inches of rain during the previous 24 to 36 hours received another dose of heavy rain. This brought storm totals as high as 10 inches as measured by a co-operative observer in Carbondale.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Areas that already had experienced 4 to 7 inches of rain during the previous 24 to 36 hours received another dose of heavy rain. This brought storm totals as high as 10 inches as measured by a co-operative observer in Carbondale. Extensive lowland flooding occurred. In Williamson County, water was about a foot and a half deep over two bridges on a rural secondary road.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:16 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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