Winter Weather Across Portions of the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast and Southeast

A storm system will continue to slowly move through the Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. over the next couple of days, bringing a heavy rainfall threat through the weekend. Isolated instances of flooding may occur. On the north side of this storm system, colder air will support areas of mixed wintry precipitation and light snow from the Tennessee Valley to the Mid-Atlantic Friday. Read More >

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Weather History - June 9th

June 9th, 1957:

Southwest of Faulkton, one of four funnel clouds finally touched down and cut an unusual path to the northeast. The estimated F3 tornado reduced one home to "matchsticks and tidbits."

June 9th, 1968:

A brief F2 tornado moved northeast from 6 miles northeast of Britton, destroying barns and uprooting trees on three farms. The tornado picked up two cars and tossed them into a ditch. One person in a vehicle was hospitalized. Damage was estimated at $150,000 to property and another $80,000 to crops.

June 9th, 1972:

A steady flow of warm, moist air near the surface fed storms and anchored them against the Black Hills for six to eight hours. A flash flood killed 238 people in the Rapid City area after as much as fifteen inches of rain had fallen over the eastern Black Hills.

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Winter Weather Across Portions of the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast and Southeast

This Day in Weather History: June 9th