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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. 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