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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the East

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected from the Upper Ohio Valley into the southern Mid-Atlantic today and portions of the central Appalachians and Carolinas on Saturday. Monsoonal moisture will bring a flash flooding threat to the Desert Southwest. Sweltering heat persists from the Plains to the southern Mid-Atlantic through tonight. Read More >

Florence Area F1 Tornado
 
Summary:
A F1 tornado touched down 6 miles west of Florence an tracked eastward, just north of the Tennessee River into McFarland Park in Florence. Hundreds of trees were snapped with several of them falling on structures.

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