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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 >

Tornadoes of October 6, 2014

October 6, 2014
County:  Cumberland
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.2 mile
Time:  6:02pm CDT
Notes:  Two hundred trees were uprooted on a ridge top near the end of Dug Road north of Burkesville.

October 6, 2014
County:  Clinton
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  150 yards
Path length:  2.3 miles
Time:  6:13pm - 6:17pm CDT
Notes:  This tornado struck about 11 miles NNW of Albany in the northwest tip of Clinton County.  Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted.  The only non-tree damage was to power poles along US 127.  A couple in a vehicle on US 127 was trapped when trees fell across the highway both north and south of them.