Dangerous Heat Continues in the East; Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding in the Southwest, Plains, and Upper Midwest

Prolonged and intense heat wave continues into Friday with relief expected by this weekend. The most significant cumulative heat impacts are anticipated across the Mid-Atlantic through Thursday and eastern Ohio Valley through Friday. Thunderstorms and heavy rain will continue to bring a flash flood threat over portions of the central Plains, Midwest, northern Great Lakes, and the Southwest. Read More >

On April 28, 2011 small thunderstorms moved through the Louisville metro in the late afternoon and early evening. Behind the storms, the setting sun lit up mammatus clouds hanging from the underside of the storms, and also treated the region to brilliant and long lasting rainbows.

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