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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Central and Southern Plains

Severe thunderstorms capable of very large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a few tornadoes are possible today across parts of the central and southern Plains. Heavy rain will pose a threat for flash flooding across portions of central and coastal Texas. Thunderstorms may also cause isolated wind damage across the Southeast. Read More >

Overview

During the late afternoon of Thursday, July 7th, scattered storms developed across northern Illinois and slowly moved east-northeast.  As the storms grew, their slow movement helped to produce locally heavy rainfall.  The Doppler Radar estimated rainfall maps show the localized nature of the heavy rainfall.  In addition, there were a handful of funnel cloud reports from the storms due to large scale rotation in the atmosphere.  Concentrated storm rotation for tornadoes was not favored.
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