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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

Overview

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms affected the area on June 21st and June 22nd. The greatest impact was locally heavy rainfall with a few locations seeing in excess of 4 inches of rain for the 2 day period. The heaviest rainfall amounts were across portions of Berrien County where Stevensville reported storm total amounts in excess of 5 inches. In addition, a weak tornado occurred just south southeast of Van Wert, OH on the evening of June 22nd.
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