Severe Thunderstorms in the East Sunday; Excessive Heat Lingers in the Southern U.S. and Returning to California

Scattered damaging winds from severe thunderstorms will be possible across parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Sunday. Excessive heat will continue over the southern U.S. Sunday before another round of heat arrives Monday through the central and southern U.S. spreading into the East by Independence Day. California will see excessive heat starting Tuesday. Read More >

This page contains pictures associated with lightning, wind, and hail.

(Wind damage at Continental, Ohio May 12, 2004)

(Impressive results of a single lightning strike in Miami County, July 2003)

(Wind damage pictures from Huntington County July 18, 1997)

	Volleyball size hailstones that fell on Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010. Photo courtesy of NWSFO ABR.
	Giant grapefruit hailstones that fell on Rochester on June 19, 2009. Photo courtesy of Thomas Hayden.
	As photographer Carl Kittle so aptly put it..."Looking into the Whales mouth on June 24, 2007 near Walton Indiana."
	Portion of a truck garage from Monroe Grain and Supply in Monroe, Indiana (Adams County) that ended up in a neighbor's tree. August 26, 2003. Photo courtesy Kim Hart, Berne Tri-Weekly News.
	Grain bin blown down at Monroe Grain and Supply in Monroe, Indiana (Adams County). Ten thousand bushels of corn were left behind in a pile. August 26, 2003. Photo courtesy Kim Hart, Berne Tri-Weekly News.
	Large limb torn from a tree in Adams County, August 26, 2003. Photo courtesy Adams County Emergency Management.
	Uprooted tree in Cass County, Indiana, July 8, 2003. Photo courtesy Alvin Beckman.
	This tree was in an area about half a mile wide by half a mile long where a possible downburst struck near Notre Dame, Indiana on the morning of July 7, 2003. Spotters estimated winds of 60 mph or more from the west-southwest along with blinding rain when this storm hit...felling about four dozen trees. Photo courtesy Calvin Swartzendruber.
	This tree was in an area about half a mile wide by half a mile long where a possible downburst struck near Notre Dame, Indiana on the morning of July 7, 2003. Spotters estimated winds of 60 mph or more from the west-southwest along with blinding rain when this storm hit...felling about four dozen trees. Photo courtesy Calvin Swartzendruber.
	LaFontaine (Wabash County), Indiana, July 6, 2003. Photo courtesy Doug Duell.
	LaFontaine (Wabash County), Indiana, July 6, 2003. Photo courtesy Doug Duell.
	Speicherville (Wabash County), Indiana, July 6, 2003. Photo courtesy Doug Duell.
	LaFontaine (Wabash County), Indiana, July 4, 2003. Photo courtesy Doug Duell.
	LaFontaine (Wabash County), Indiana, July 4, 2003. Photo courtesy Doug Duell.
	Decatur (Adams County), Indiana, August 18, 2004 Photo Courtesy Dave Landis
	Decatur (Adams County), Indiana, August 18, 2004 Photo Courtesy Dave Landis
	One of many large hailstones that fell on Fremont, Indiana, on March 20, 2003, at 4:15pm.
	Small hail on a sidewalk outside the Northern Indiana NWS office March 13, 2003. The storm struck at 3:30a.m....this picture was taken about half an hour later. The temperature at the time of the thunderstorm was 34 degrees.
	Small hail on a car in the Northern Indiana NWS office's parking lot March 13, 2003.
	Hail piled up near a downspout at the Northern Indiana NWS office on March 13, 2003.
	Thunderstorm wind damage at Hicksville, Ohio, on July 29, 2002.
	Thunderstorm wind damage at Hicksville, Ohio, on July 29, 2002.
	Thunderstorm wind damage at Hicksville, Ohio, on July 29, 2002.
	Thunderstorm wind damage at Hicksville, Ohio, on July 29, 2002.
	Thunderstorm wind damage at Hicksville, Ohio, on July 29, 2002.
	Thunderstorm wind damage at Hicksville, Ohio, on July 29, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Downburst damage near Grissom Air Force Base May 25, 2002.
	Numerous tree limbs torn down by a thunderstorm downburst in Huntertown, Indiana on May 9, 2000. A downburst is a powerful gust of wind that suddenly rushes down out of a thunderstorm, strikes the earth, and spreads quickly out across the ground. Downburst wind speeds can exceed 100 mph, and are often mistaken as tornadoes.
	Large tree limbs blown down after a storm in July 1998.