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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

An NWS Storm Survey Team will be heading out to Jefferson and Oldham counties this morning to survey damage. Crews will determine whether damage was caused by a tornado or straight line winds, and will assign a magnitude.