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 strong to severe thunderstorms caused wind damage, flash flooding, and dropped large hail across south central through eastern Kentucky during the afternoon and evening hours of Saturday, May 27, 2017. Several occurrences of quarter size hail occurred, with the largest being the size of golf balls in Powell County near Stanton. The worst flooding occurred in Pulaski County, where several feet of water flowed over a road near Shopville for a short period of time. Additionally, lightning struck a tree near Clay City, causing a tree to fall on a home.

Lightning in Harlan. Courtesy Phillip.

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Flooding in Elkhorn City. Courtesy James Ramey.	Flood waters covering a residential street in Irvine. Courtesy Renee Moland.	Lightning near London. Courtesy Johnnie Nicholson.