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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 >

Note: This web page was constructed at the end of 2023 to look back at a remarkably active tornado year in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. While several new tornado records were set in the local area in 2023, many of these records were broken the following year in 2024, which also managed to be an exceptionally active year for tornadoes. Thus, many of the records and rankings listed on this web page (including the record number of tornadoes for a calendar year in the NWS Chicago forecast area) are no longer valid and only apply when using 1950 through 2023 as a period of record.

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