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Heavy Rainfall to Continue Through Tonight in Central Texas; Heat in the East, Interior Northwest, and Southwest

Isolated heavy rainfall will continue through tonight across portions of central Texas, though some relief from the heavy rain is expected on Tuesday. Heat and humidity will remain in place across the Eastern U.S. and interior Northwest U.S. over the next few days with widespread moderate to major Heat Risk. Dangerous heat will build into the Desert Southwest Tuesday through Thursday. Read More >

Overview

On Saturday, August 19th, a severe thunderstorm rolled into Loup County, Nebraska and underwent rapid intensification. 4 separate tornado tracks were found and there were several areas of straight line wind damage.

View of the Wall Cloud(s)
This picture was taken by Ann Wurst from her home just east of the storm. This photo was taken around 8:15 pm on August 19th 
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