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Tracking Storm System Across the Eastern U.S.

A storm system will continue to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms as it progresses eastward across the central U.S. into the Northeast through the weekend. There are risks of severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall on Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Read More >

 

Grayson County reflectivity

Here's what the Grayson County storm looked like on radar.  The purple and white colors are where the heaviest rain and hail are located.  Leitchfield is just east of the cell.

Grayson County hail core

A 3-D look inside the storm.  The white area in the center is a large mass of hail and rain poised to fall from the storm.

 

Here's a picture of some of the hail the storm produced.  Photo courtesy Donald Dennis.

Grayson County