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Heavy Rain in the Southern Appalachians; Fire Weather and Heat in the West; Monitoring Tropical Storm Erin

Heavy to excessive rainfall over the southern Appalachians may bring areas of flooding today. Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies today and Thursday. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place through today across parts of the western U.S. Read More >

March 14-15 Severe Weather Event. Thank you to our storm spotters, broadcast media, and followers for your reports! A strong, early spring low pressure system brought inclement weather over a large portion of the U.S. Locally, a line of storms tracked across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana during the late evening of March 14th into the early morning hours of March 15th, bringing widespread damaging winds and even a few tornadoes. Poor air quality also occurred on March 15th as dust and smoke was blown in from wildfires and dust storms in the southern Plains. Confirmed Tornadoes: Yorkville, IL  EF-0. Bartlett - Hanover Park, IL  EF-0. Cedar Lake, IN  EF-1. Schererville - Merrillville, IN  EF-0.

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