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Heavy Rain in the Southern Appalachians; Fire Weather and Heat in the West; Monitoring Tropical Storm Erin

Heavy to excessive rainfall over the southern Appalachians may bring areas of flooding today. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies today and Thursday. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place through today across parts of the western U.S. Read More >

Overview

A powerful storm system crossed the lower Ohio Valley the evening of Tuesday February 28 and the early morning hours Wednesday March 1. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms brought large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.

Event summaries from neighboring NWS offices:

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Timeline of March 1st, 2017 Tornadoes
 
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Scott County, KY (Credit: John Gordon, NWS Louisville) Dubois County, Indiana (Credit: Joe Sullivan, NWS Louisville) Warren County, KY (Credit: Nick Williams, Twitter)
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