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 >

A National Weather Service damage survey team was dispatched to Whitley and Allen Counties in Indiana to determine the extent of damage sustained in Tuesday's severe thunderstorms. A swath of scattered wind damage was found to extend from near South Whitley to near Wallen, or just northwest of Fort Wayne. Embedded in this swath of wind damage was a small EF0 tornado that removed a barn roof and deposited it 200 to 300 yards away in a soybean field. In this field, a narrow path of soybeans was completely scoured and nearby trees were snapped off and uprooted. This damage was consistent with winds of 75 mph and the convergent pattern indicated these winds were produced by an EF0 tornado. Below is a map of the damage. The map can be zoomed in and the placemarks can be clicked for more information. When zoomed in, the path of the tornado can be seen by the purple line north of Lincolnway.

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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

July 8th Whitley County EF0 Tornado