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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >

 Today's Weather Trivia

Today's Date is Sunday May 10, 2026...\n ON... May 10, 1905 A deadly tornado struck the town of Snyder OK killing 87 persons. The tornado leveled 100 homes in Snyder, and destroyed many others. The large and violent tornado killed a total of 97 persons along its 40 mile path across southwestern Oklahoma. The roar of the tornado could reportedly be heard up to twelve miles away. IN 1942...A tornado skipped east northeast from 6 miles north of Sublette to northeast of Dodge City. What was probably a small tornado destroyed barns and damaged homes on at least eight farms. The two mile long section of the track at the northwest edge of Dodge City was the most damaging. The north wing of a building at Saint Mary's of the Plains Academy, 2 miles northeast of Dodge City, was destroyed, and several other buildings were unroofed. Damage was $80,000.

 

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