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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Overview

Scattered supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front on the 14th as it swept east across our region during the day. The supercell activity was preceded by widespread rain and thunderstorms the previous night. The overnight rain was locally heavy, causing some flooding in western Kentucky. Throughout the event, strong gradient winds associated with a strong low pressure system gusted up to 50 mph at times. The low tracked northeast across the Plains to the Great Lakes region.
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