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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 >

Large hail in Ohio County was propelled by winds up to 80 mph!  This photo was taken in Centertown:

Hail at Centertown in Ohio County

This is how the storm looked on radar as it was dropping its hail on Centertown.  The storm would go on to produce 80 mph winds (equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane!) near Hartford.

Centertown