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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 >

July 6, 2019
Heavy Rain & Flooding


Slow-moving thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass across the region during the afternoon and evening hours, producing several instances of heavy rain and flooding/flash flooding -- especially across portions of central Ohio. Rainfall up to 2-4 inches in a very short period of time produced rapid rises of water onto roads and in several neighborhoods.