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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 >

Overview

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Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms impacted the area between the late evening hours of July 4th through the morning hours of July 6th. While some wind damage was reported, by far the more significant impact in some areas was the torrential rainfall that occurred on hard, dry ground. This resulted in a few swaths of flooding and flash flooding with the greatest impacts in northern Allen county, IN. 

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