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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Around 11:15am on Sunday June 24th, a tornado briefly touched down approximately 19 miles southwest of Walden. This was determined based on social media videos, photos, trained spotter reports, public reports, and radar data. No damage has been reported with this tornado. This tornado will be rated an EF-0 unless reports of damage surface. If additional data is received this report will be updated. This is only the second documented tornado in Jackson County since 1950. The first reported tornado was May 10th 1974.