Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley into southern Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. Rounds of strong thunderstorms are expected to develop across the northern and central Plains. Sweltering heat remains most persistent across the South-Central Plains and Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley through next week. 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.

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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.

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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

March 2, 2012: Woodford County