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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

During the afternoon and evening of July 21, 2018, scattered thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds across portions of the Black Hills, northeastern Wyoming, and southwestern South Dakota. Additionally, near-record high atmospheric moisture content for the area, coupled with saturated soils from an anomalously wet spring and early summer, led to flash flooding across portions of the Black Hills and in Rapid City.

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