2007 Midwest flooding

This article is about the floods in the Midwestern United States. For the flooding events in Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri, see Tropical Storm Erin (2007).

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2007 Midwest flooding
Meteorological history
DurationAugust 17–24, 2007
Overall effects
Fatalities18[1]
Areas affectedIllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

The 2007 Midwest flooding was a major flooding event that occurred in the Midwestern United States in the third week of August 2007. While Hurricane Dean was affecting the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and Tropical Storm Erin was affecting Oklahoma and Texas, a persistent storm system hung over the Midwest for several days, causing repeated flash flooding in the US states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Cool Canadian air clashed with large quantities of warm moist air from the Gulf, producing torrential rains along a stationary front. 5 deaths across the central United States were attributed to the resulting flooding.[1][2][3] Seven Minnesota counties,[4] eight Ohio counties,[5] fourteen counties in Wisconsin,[6] and seven counties in Illinois were declared Federal Disaster Areas.[7][8]

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