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Dangerous Heat over the South-Central and Southwest U.S. Through Next Week

Dangerous heat persists across the Desert Southwest through this weekend and across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley through at least the middle of next week. Numerous daily record high temperatures are expected through at least Tuesday for much of Texas and Oklahoma as well as portions of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arizona. Read More >

Overview

Numerous thunderstorms developed this morning and early afternoon. Training and repeated rounds of rainfall over the same areas led to many reports of flash flooding across portions of Perry, Pike, and Floyd Counties. Later into the evening, a complex of storms moved southeast into eastern Kentucky. These storms produced several reports of damaging wind gusts along with an isolated report of large hail, up to the size of golf balls. Additionally, a funnel cloud was spotted southwest of Waltz in Rowan County.

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A funnel cloud observed near Waltz, Kentucky, north of Morehead, in Rowan County. Courtesy Bill Meck, WLEX.
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