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Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rainfall into the Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend. Heat Advisories remain in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through the weekend could bring areas of flooding to parts of the northern Rockies, upper Midwest, central Great Lakes, and southern New England. Read More >

Overview

An embedded shortwave within the upper flow sparked off scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th, 2017. A supercell thunderstorm moving southward across Sherman County produced two microbursts as it neared the southern portion of the county. The first microburst produced damage consistent with 118 mph winds. Some of this damage was two walls knocked out of a well built warehouse, bent over radio tower, and a flipped horse trailer. The second microburst occurred approximately 4 miles south-southeast of the first. This one resulted in wind gusts of 85 mph. This microburst snapped 12 to 13 telephone poles along FM1573. As this supercell moved into northern Moore County it also produced nickel size hail. 

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