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Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Thunderstorms are expected to bring heavy rain and potential significant flash and urban flooding to the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday, especially along the I-95 urban corridor. Dry conditions, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will continue to bring a critical fire weather threat to the northwestern Great Basin into the interior Northwest through Thursday. Read More >

...F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN GRANT COUNTY INDIANA...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED AN F1
TORNADO IN GRANT COUNTY INDIANA JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF VAN
BUREN. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS ABOUT 3 MILES LONG AND 50 YARDS WIDE. THE
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
ROADS 200N AND 600E AND LIFTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS
400N AND 800E. DAMAGE WAS RELATIVELY MINOR WITH THE CORNER OF A ROOF
DAMAGED ON ONE HOME AND SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. THERE WAS
ALSO DAMAGE TO SEVERAL GRAIN ELEVATOR AUGERS. THE TORNADO ALSO
CROSSED INTERSTATE 69 JUST NORTH OF MILE MARKER 66 WHICH RESULTED IN
A TRUCK BEING BLOWN OFF THE HIGHWAY.