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On August 27, 2017, as [[Hurricane Harvey]] brought torrential rain to southeast Texas, the NWS issued a "Flash Flood Emergency for Catastrophic Life Threatening Flooding."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2017-O-NEW-KHGX-FF-W-0079/USCOMP-N0Q-201708271830 |title=IEM Valid Time Extent Code (VTEC) App |publisher=Mesonet.agron.iastate.edu |access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>

On September 10, 2017, the NWS issued a Flash Flood Emergency for life-threatening storm surge because of [[Hurricane Irma]] in southwestern Florida at the eye landfall. <ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20170910195340/http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=FLZ069&warncounty=FLC021&firewxzone=FLZ069&local_place1=Marco%20FL&product1=Flash+Flood+Warning&lat=25.9541&lon=-81.7246 </ref> <ref>http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2017-O-NEW-KMFL-FF-W-0007/USCOMP-N0Q-201709101915</ref>

On February 6, 2020, the NWS issued a Flash Flood Emergency for [[Tazewell County, Virginia]] due to a major storm moving through the area which caused the [[Clinch River]] to rise to its highest crest in 40 years. <ref name="Rare Flash Flood Emergency issued for Tazewell County">{{Cite web |url=https://wcyb.com/news/local/rare-flash-flood-emergency-issued-for-tazewell-county |title=Rare Flash Flood Emergency issued for Tazewell County |last=Clay |first=Alayna |date=2020-02-06 |website=WCYB |access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>

On May 20, 2020, the NWS issued a Flash Flood Emergency for the [[Tittabawassee River]] in [[Midland County, Michigan]] due to multiple dam failures causing the river to overflow and reach its highest crest since 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michigan flood hits record level, dam breaches 'historic event' playing out in midst of coronavirus, Whitmer says|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/michigan-flooding-whitmer-midland-floods-rain-tittabawassee-river-dam-collapse|last=Fedschun|first=Travis|date=2020-05-20|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>

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* Until 630 PM CDT Tuesday

* At 629 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported the Radigan Flowage

Dam west of Dairyland has failed, causing flash flooding

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</pre>This warning was issued for heavy rainfall.<ref>{{Cite web~~|last=akrherz@iastate.edu~~|first=~~daryl~~Daryl ~~herzmann~~|last=Herzmann|title=IEM :: Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) App|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=mesonet.agron.iastate.edu|language=en}}</ref><pre>

PAC051-102345-

/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0017.200710T2142Z-200710T2345Z/

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* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 542 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing

heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING

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* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA. LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING!

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====Flash Flood Emergency In Follow-Up Statement====

This particular Flash Flood Emergency also includes the enhanced wording "[[Particularly Dangerous Situation]]".

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~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Flash Flood Warning}}~~

[[Category:Weather warnings and advisories]]

[[Category:Flood control]]