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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 January 12, a line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Several bowing segments within the line produced severe thunderstorm wind damage. Three quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornadoes were surveyed. Wind damage due to the straight-light winds alone was widespread, especially as the line intensified east of Knoxville. This was a rare event locally as only 5 January tornadoes had previously been confirmed in the modern MRX County Warning Area (CWA) since 1950. The two counties affected by the tornadoes, Meigs and Jefferson, both has less than 10 total recorded tornadoes for 1950 to the present. 

 

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