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Heavy Rain is Likely Across the Mid-Atlantic States Today Along With Potentially Damaging Wind Gusts; Critical Fire Weather in the Great Basin

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected today across the Mid-Atlantic and forecast to contain heavy to excessive rainfall. Numerous instances of flash flooding are possible in southern Virginia and north-central North Carolina. Severe thunderstorms are also possible across the northern Great Plains today. Elevated to Critical Fire Weather located across the Intermountain West. Read More >

Overview

On the mid-afternoon of September 20th, a thunderstorms produced two different microbursts. The first occurred in Kosciusko County Indiana while the second occurred over Whitley County Indiana.
 
Two days later, an EF1 tornado occurred late in the day on September 22nd. No lightning was detected from this very shallow shower, but debris was detected on doppler radar. A storm damage survey was completed the following day.
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