Areas of Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rain with Possible Flooding into this Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across much of northeast Texas into the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Saturday could bring areas of flooding across parts of the central Plains into the upper Midwest/Great Lakes, and Four Corners states. Read More >

Overview

A large upper level low moving through the Upper Great Lakes region brought a finger of the northern jet streak through the region that coupled with a low level jet filtered through the warm air over the lake and caused damaging winds along the lakeshore. Buoys and observations stations in and along Lake Michigan had wind reports upwards of 62 mph. This caused power outages along the lakeshore and just inland as the storms moved souteasterly through southwest Michigan.