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Critical Fire Weather in the Plains; Unseasonably Warm in the Southwest and Southern U.S.

Unseasonably warm temperatures continue through the weekend across the Southwest and southern U.S., with more than 100 record or near record maximum temperatures forecast through the rest of the week and over the weekend. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the Plains and Southeast U.S. this weekend. Read More >

Overview

Showers and thunderstorms crossed eastern Kentucky on July 4th. One particular cluster of storms created a swatch of wind damage across eastern Kentucky and spawned one tornado near Brodhead, Kentucky in Rockcastle county.
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