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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 >

Overview

Scattered thunderstorms developed across south central Lower Michigan and extreme northwest Ohio during the late afternoon of August 6th. These storms produced isolated wind damage. Numerous showers and thunderstorms then developed across the remainder of the region during the afternoon and evening hours. These storms produced isolated large hail and isolated wind damage. An NWS storm survey team also concluded an EF-1 tornado occurred in Kosciusko county. In addition to the isolated severe weather, localized flooding was reported.

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