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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 >

The first three photos show a rain shaft.  It's easy to see how it could be mistaken for a tornado!  Click on an image for a larger version.   All photos courtesy Gary Fritz.

 

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This radar image shows three distinct super cell thunderstorms moving across Dubois County.  The two southern storms would go on to merge over Schnellville, and produce the EF4 tornado that tore through Henryville.

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