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Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

Here are three different map perspectives of this week's past rain event from 06 September through 10 September at 7 a.m. Kentucky and southern Indiana experienced a wide range of accumulations, from the 1 inch range in western Kentucky to as high as 16 inches in northeastern Kentucky! Even in Jefferson County, KY accumulations ranged from 2 to 8 inches!