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Heavy Rain in the Southern Appalachians; Fire Weather and Heat in the West; Monitoring Tropical Storm Erin

Heavy to excessive rainfall over the southern Appalachians may bring areas of flooding today. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies today and Thursday. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place through today across parts of the western U.S. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 11:42:23 am CDT

The weather pattern will become drier with daily isolated storms at most with any storms that form most likely within the higher terrain of southeast Oklahoma through northwest Arkansas. The drier pattern is expected to continue through the upcoming weekend.
Modest improvement in the overall heat conditions continue today. Heat is expected to expand once again late in the week and into the upcoming weekend.
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