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Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in the Central Appalachians; Severe Weather in the Mid-South; Hot Weather in Southern California

Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >

Overview

During the evening of Wednesday, July 8th, thunderstorms first developed well north and west of the NWS Hastings coverage area, along a cold front and surface trough focused within northern and western Nebraska.  Individual storms eventually developed into a line of storms that then charged south and east across the heart of central/south central Nebraska and north central Kansas. These severe storms entered the NWS Hastings area after 10pm and lasted well into the early morning hours of Thursday, July 9th. These storms produced significant and widespread straight-line wind damage with numerous reports of 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. Trees, tree limbs, crops and power lines were impacted, along with a handful of structures (such as grain bins). Many communities were impacted with brief power outages. There was also some isolated hail up to golf ball size (in Furnas County), but hail was definitely not the "main story" of the night.  Additionally a narrow line of storms trained over the same locations in our southern coverage area, producing a band of up to 2-3" of rain that did cause brief flooding in Mitchell County, KS. 

 

 

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