Heavy Rain in the Appalachians and Central Gulf Coast; Heat Continues in the West; Monitoring the Tropics

Heavy to excessive rainfall over the southern Appalachians and portions of the central Gulf Coast may bring areas of flooding today. Hot temperatures are in place through today across much of the western U.S. and New England. Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to become a Major Hurricane this weekend as it moves across the central Atlantic Ocean. Monitor future forecasts for any East Coast impacts. Read More >

FEMA Weather Emergency Alert outage

FEMA Weather Emergency Alert are temporarily unavailable (as of Friday morning). These are alerts that are sent to your cell phones when the National Weather Service issues Tornadoes, or Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for storms with winds over 80 mph and baseball sized hail or larger. For additional details on FEMA Weather Emergency Alerts... https://www.ready.gov/alerts

Have multiple ways to get warnings: NOAA Weather Radio, your local NWS webpage, TV, social media (NWS Aberdeen Twitter feed).

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