Strong to Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Heat in the Central and Western U.S.

Strong to potentially severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are forecast Thursday from parts of New England into the Mid Atlantic and Carolinas. Significant heat will expand across the West and Central Plains through Friday, potentially breaking daily high temperature records. Dangerous heat will then build into the Eastern U.S. this weekend through much of next week. 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.