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Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms in the Plains; Tropical Moisture Brings Heavy Rain to Southern California and Southwest

Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms, some severe, will persist across the Plains and Mississippi Valley through Friday. Increasing tropical moisture from the remnants of Mario will bring showers, thunderstorms, and a flash flooding threat across much of southern California into the Desert Southwest through Friday. Read More >

The lightning images below are updated daily around 8:30–9:30 AM and contain 24-h accumulations of lightning ending at 7 am CDT (6 am CST) each day. These images show NLDN cloud-to-ground flashes only and represents cloud-to-ground lightning flashes, and is based on a surface detection network. Larger printable versions are at the bottom of the map segment.

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