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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

June 7, 1948
Counties:  Clark, IN
F-scale:  F4
Deaths:  1
Injuries:  20
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  7 miles
Time:  6:10pm
Narrative:  Moved southeast along the edge of Henryville.  A child was killed as a two-story hilltop home was leveled and swept away.  About twenty other homes were damaged.