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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

June 16, 2018
Severe Weather


Clusters of storms moving through a very warm and humid airmass resulted in strong wind gusts and scattered instances of wind damage throughout the area. The most concentrated damage was located in portions of Licking County, Ohio where a downburst resulted in widespread tree damage and some minor structural damage.