Tropical Storm Hone Passing South of Hawaii; Heat Continues in the Southern U.S.

Tropical Storm Hone will pass south of the Hawaiian Islands this weekend, strengthening into a hurricane briefly southwest of Hawaii late Sunday into Monday. A Tropical Storm Watch and Flood Watch have been issued. The heat wave will persist over the Southern Plains Saturday, with high temperatures in the upper 90s and triple digits, likely breaking several additional daily records. Read More >

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On the afternoon and evening of Thursday July 29th, severe storms created damaging winds, hail, and a brief EF0 tornado within our forecast area.

Here is all the reported damage in our area with a map.

NWS staff surveyed significant storm damage in Fredericksburg VA with 90 mph peak winds, as well as damage near Columbia MD that was confirmed as a brief EF-0 tornado with 70 mph peak winds. The preliminary storm survey report for both is here.

Additional information continues to come into our office, and all information is preliminary until published in Storm Data.

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