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Heavy Rain is Likely Across the Mid-Atlantic States Today Along With Potentially Damaging Wind Gusts; Critical Fire Weather in the Great Basin

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected today across the Mid-Atlantic and forecast to contain heavy to excessive rainfall. Numerous instances of flash flooding are possible in southern Virginia and north-central North Carolina. Severe thunderstorms are also possible across the northern Great Plains today. Elevated to Critical Fire Weather located across the Intermountain West. Read More >

May 21, 2004 High Wind Event

 

These radar pictures show the powerful squall line that brought damaging thunderstorm wind gusts to much of the region. A person was killed when a tree fell on a car at 12:15pm in Coloma.  Two more people were killed in the same way at 1:00pm in Sturgis and also three miles north of Colon.  Three Rivers experienced 78mph winds at 12:41pm.

Hail one inch in diameter was reported one mile northwest of Fort Wayne at 1:45pm and in Decatur at 2:27pm.

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