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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

 

On May 17th, heavy rainfall with some strong and isolated severe storms occurred as a Mesoscale Convective Complex pushed from Mississippi into Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee.  The area of showers and storms moved into northwestern Alabama around 10 AM and a few of the storms intensified as it tracked eastward through the early afternoon hours.  The strongest storm of the day produced two tornadoes that briefly touched down, one in the Athens area and another near Elkmont.


Tornado Surveys Completed 
(Click on an entry in the 1st column to see an official storm survey summary
and under the last column for more detailed tornado track location/data
)


 

 Detailed Summary
Link
EF Scale/Max Wind Speed (mph) 

Injuries/
Fatalities

Path Length (Miles)

Path Width (Yards) 

Starting Lat/.Long

   Ending     Lat/.Long

Track Images/Files

EF-0

75 MPH 

0 / 0

2.04

50

 34.7599/
-86.9748

 34.7866/
-86.9590

KMZ - Points / Polygon

EF-0

70 MPH 

0 / 0

0.15

50

 34.9545/
-86.8794

34.9565/
-86.8782

KMZ - Points / Polygon 

 

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    Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Outlook