Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

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May 13, 1998
Counties: Mercer
F-scale: F0
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Time: Noon
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 30 yards, NCDC says 20 yards.
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado on a two mile long path along Gilberts Creek from Salvisa to two miles east of Salvisa. Oregon Road was blocked by felled trees from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

Tornadoes of May 13, 1998