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Strong, Severe Storms Possible This Afternoon/Evening

Thunderstorms will develop near I-35 through late afternoon. Some could become severe as they track east with a large hail and damaging wind threat. A tornado is possible. The storms will gradually weaken and exit east by late evening. Read More >

Overview

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the area on the evening of July 5th, 2016, producing a swath of damaging winds from 45 to 95 mph, along with embedded small tornadoes. Numerous trees were downed, and there were sporadic power outages and damage to some buildings.

There was quite a bit of wind damage along the track of the storm - some extreme.  There were four (4) documented tornadoes as well - 3 were EF1s and 1 EF0.

Radar loop
Radar Loop from the evening of July 5, 2016.
(Warnings: severe thunderstorm-yellow, tornado-red)
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