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 >

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	A shelf cloud approaching Berea. Photo courtesy Scott Powell
	Hail produced in Berea by the above storm. Photo courtesy Scott Powell
	Storms struck Richmond as well, as seen here. It's difficult to tell from this still shot what kind of low cloud that is, but it may be a roll cloud. Photo courtesy Merryn Cole
	Hail in Richmond. Photo courtesy Merryn Cole
	Another look at the Richmond storm. The lowering cloud base may be a wall cloud. Photo courtesy Ron Aranda
	Big hail in Madison County!