The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >
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Event Summary: A surface cold front working southeast through the region heped to spark isolated to scattered thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening hours of Sunday, April 12, 2015. A few of these storms became severe mainly within counties along/east of the Highway 281 corridor within the NWS Hastings coverage area, primarily between 5 PM-830 PM. The greatest concentration of severe weather reports were received from Polk County Nebraska and Smith/Jewell counties in Kansas. (click to get to more detail information)
Here are a few of the most significant storm reports from this event:
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