Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats; Heat Risk Expands; Monitoring the Tropics

Flash flooding risks continue for portions of the Four Corners and Great Basin through today. Severe thunderstorms are outlooked from the eastern Great Lakes, southern New England into the mid-Atlantic through Tuesday. Heat risk increases and expands across the center of the nation and across the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic this week. Continue to closely monitor tropical development in the Gulf. Read More >

During the evening of April 4th, thunderstorms rumbled across south-central Nebraska. Most storms brought rains and some small hail. One storm did cause some damage near the community of Fairfield in Clay County. A tornado brief tornado touched down south of Fairfield and moved to the northwest. At the start, the twister took the roof off of a barn. Near the end of the tornado's path of distruction, it destroyed three outbuildings and caused damage to two homes. This tornado was rated EF0.

A little later, a second tornado touched down just east of Sutton in northeast Clay County. This tornado was also rated EF0. No damage was reported with the second tornado.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats; Heat Risk Expands; Monitoring the Tropics

April 4, 2009: EF0 Tornadoes Touch Down Near Fairfield And Sutton