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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

LMRFC web graphics will be unavailable today (Jan 18, 2018) due to required computer upgrades. These include forecast status maps for mobile devices, observed precipitation, future precipitation, soil moisture, and winter weather web graphics. The exact time of restoration is not known at this time but is expected to be within the next couple of days.

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