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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

Liberty, Kentucky

On May 1-2, 2010 a flood of historic proportions struck Kentucky, along with much of the Tennesse Valley and Lower Missisippi Valley.  Click on the "Synopsis" picture below to read about why it happened, and what the disastrous results were.  Click on the "Photos" picture to see photographs we received from many loyal weather watchers throughout central Kentucky.

 

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