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Heat Wave Across the Central and Southeast US; Flash Flood Threats in the North-Central US, Southeast, and Guam

Dangerous heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Heavy rains, flash flooding & severe weather are possible across the middle Missouri River Valley and Upper Midwest to the upper Great Lakes. Heavy rains and flash flooding are also possible across portions of the Southeast. A tropical disturbance brings heavy rain to Guam & the Marianas through Saturday. Read More >

Steve Blake sent us these photos of a shelf cloud in advance of a storm in Woodford County.  Shelf clouds are often the harbingers of strong winds and torrential rain.

Woodford County

 

Woodford County

 

Here is a radar picture showing the storm as it crossed northern Woodford County.  It had just dropped golf ball sized hail on the south side of Frankfort and would go on to drop golf ball sized hail on Georgetown, but no severe weather was reported by Woodford County to the National Weather Service.

Woodford Coutny radar