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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

June 15-16, 2019
Severe Weather/Tornadoes/Heavy Rain


Multiple mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) tracked through the region from the evening of the 15th through the morning hours on the 16th, resulting in several reports of wind damage, four confirmed tornadoes, and numerous reports of heavy rain and subsequent flooding and flash flooding. Some of the hardest hit areas for flash flooding were in southeastern Indiana, southwestern Kentucky, and northern Kentucky, where rainfall of 2 to 4 inches fell in a short period of time.