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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 >

Storms also hit the region on the morning of the 2nd, several of which dropped heavy rain and hail.  Here is a picture of the morning storms as they approached Monroe County.  Photo courtesy Gary Walker

Monroe County

Here's a radar image from when the storm was directly over Tompkinsville.  The cell strengthened over southwestern Monroe County and moved to the northeast, crossing the entire county.

Monroe County