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Strong to Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Heat in the Central and Western U.S.

Strong to potentially severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are forecast Thursday from parts of New England into the Mid Atlantic and Carolinas. Significant heat will expand across the West and Central Plains through Friday, potentially breaking daily high temperature records. Dangerous heat will then build into the Eastern U.S. this weekend through much of next week. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 3:20:24 am CDT

Hot and humid conditions will result in heat index values ranging from 100 to 105 °F this afternoon across southern Oklahoma and north Texas.
Drier and hotter conditions will build in today into next week.

Local Weather History For June 19th...
Of all the dangerous aspects of thunderstorms, lightning kills many
people each year in the United States. Golf courses are a common site
of lightning related injuries and deaths. This was the case on June
19, 1994, when lightning struck and killed two golfers, and injured
another, at a golf course just north of Union City, in Canadian
County.

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