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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 >

Overview

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted the Quad-state region on May 8, 2024. The first round actually started during the late evening of May 7th and continued into the overnight and morning of the 8th. The most widespread and significant storms occurred during the afternoon and evening of the 8th. Storm mode was largely supercells or bowing segments. Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph and golf ball sized hail occurred with some of the stronger storms. At least 9 tornadoes have been confirmed so far. Multiple storms training over the same location resulted in flash flooding with rainfall amounts exceeding 2 to 4 inches in some communities, and locally 5 to 6 inches.
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