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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Mid-South to the Mid-Atlantic; Building Heat in the West

Severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, a couple of tornadoes, and heavy rain across portions of the Mid-Atlantic into the Mid-South. Severe storms may produce hail across the northern/central High Plains. Hazardous heat will linger across the southern U.S. and build across the West through mid-week. Fire weather concerns continue for Interior Alaska and the Four Corners region. Read More >

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS A TORNADO IN   
EDGEFIELD COUNTY...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY IN EDGEFIELD   
COUNTY AND FOUND A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES EAST   
OF EDGEFIELD TO 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON. RESULTS DETERMINED   
THAT AN EF-0 TORNADO INTERMITTENTLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TWO MILE ROAD   
AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO NEAR BLAND BAPTIST ROAD. NO DAMAGE TO   
STRUCTURES WERE OBSERVED...ONLY TREES DOWN. WIND SPEEDS WERE   
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 80 MPH AND THE PATH WAS ABOUT 3.5 MILES IN   
LENGTH AND ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE.