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 >

Looking Back at April 3rd, 2015

SUMMARY:

A strong cold front (upper 60s ahead of the front dropping to upper 30s to lower forties behind the front) over southeastern Missouri and Indiana was in in the early morning hours on April 3, 2015. Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee were southeast of this front in a warm and moist atmosphere. Strong winds aloft (50 KTS) were present along and ahead of the front along with colder temperatures aloft. This set the stage for severe weather development during the late afternoon and evening hours on 4/3/2015. Large hail up to 1 inch in diameter, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes were experienced as this storm system moved across Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee, before exiting into Georgia and southern Alabama just before midnight.

Tornado Surveys

(Click on the entries in the first column to see a official storm survey summary and under the last column for track information and pictures)

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EF Scale/Max
Wind Speed (mph)

Injuries/
Fatalities

Path Length (Miles)

Path Width (Yards)

Starting Lat/.Long

Ending Lat/.Long

Track Images/Files

DeKalb County (Ider)
9:05 to 9:08 PM CDT

EF-1/105 MPH