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Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies; Severe Weather in the Central US

Extremely dangerous heat will persist from the Midwest to the East Coast into late this week. Monsoonal moisture may produce excessive rain and considerable flash flooding and debris flows, especially near recent burn scar areas in New Mexico and west Texas. Severe storms are possible this evening from the southern/central Plains into the Great Lakes, and the northern/central Plains Tuesday. Read More >

The WSR-88D radar located at Fort Knox is currently unavailable. Technicians have been working very hard to get the radar back on-line. This is a very complicated fix, and will take some time to accomplish. In the meantime, data from surrounding radars, including a terminal Doppler radar located near Mount Washington, Kentucky, will be used to monitor showers and thunderstorms in the region.