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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

Heavy snow fell over the area Monday night and Tuesday morning as a strong area of low pressure moved up the Ohio Valley.  A Winter Storm Watch was issued by the National Weather Service in Northern Indiana for this event over a day in advance and was upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning several hours before the event.  4-8 inches of snowfall was forecast with locally higher amounts possible.  A band of heavy snow set up along a Knox to Warsaw to Auburn line dropping 6-8 inches with a few reports of over 9 inches of snow.  A map of snow amounts can be seen below.

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