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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall for the Southwest; Heat Spreads Across the Center of the Nation

Moisture will continue to move into areas of the West. This will increase showers and thunderstorms coverage and intensity, with the risk of flash flooding and damaging wind gusts. Meanwhile, heat across the Southwest will expand into the center of the nation this weekend into early next week. Trends favor this heat will spread across the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic next week. Read More >

A supercell thunderstorm southeast of Dodge City late Tuesday evening produced very large hail (softball reported), a very large wall cloud, a funnel cloud and high wind damage north of Kingsdown and south of Ford.  Here is a look at the radar image at 542 PM....

The surge of high winds on the southern periphery of the wall cloud and rotation (Rearflank downdraft) produced damage to a barn, three pivot sprinklers and 10 power poles (creating power flashes).  Here is the map of the damage.