Watch Discussion issued at 6:50 PM on May 18, 1995

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 >

ZCZC MKCWWAMKC ALL 190200;341,0883 363,0870 363,0850 341,0863; WWUS8 KMKC 182350 MKC WW-A 182350 STATUS REPORT ON WW NUMBER 443 THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES SE OF A LN FM 40 W BNA TO 25 SW BWG. NMRS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RPTD ACRS THIS RGN DURG THE PAST SVRL HRS. THE FIRE DEPT IN NORMANDY TN /45 SSE BNA/ WAS DSTRYD JUST BFR 2330Z AND THIS TORNADO WAS RPTD IN ERN COFFEE CNTY MOVG INTO WARREN CNTY AT 2335Z. MDL HODOGRAPHS INDC STG STM REL HELICITY NR 400 M2/S2 WITH A STM MVMT OF 260/40. LN OF SVR TSTMS ARE ALG/JUST AHD OF FNTL BNDRY MOVG ENEWD ACRS WRN PTNS OF WW. CONT VALID PTNS OF WW. ..MCCARTHY.. 05/18/95