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Severe Thunderstorm and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across a broad region from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast States today into tonight. Swaths of damaging wind gusts are expected and some tornadoes are possible. Bertha is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle westward to southeastern Louisiana later today and Wednesday. Read More >

Overview

An active late June weather pattern resulted in several consecutive days of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. On June 25th, these storms produced a brief multi-vortex EF-1 tornado near Danforth, IL, along with heavy rainfall south of the Kankakee River Valley. On June 26th, storms produced three additional EF-0 tornadoes in the area, and heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in the Chicago metro and areas farther south.

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