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Dangerous Heat over the South-Central and Southwest U.S. Through Next Week

Dangerous heat persists across the Desert Southwest through this weekend and across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley through at least the middle of next week. Numerous daily record high temperatures are expected through at least Tuesday for much of Texas and Oklahoma as well as portions of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arizona. Read More >

Overview

A broken line of supercellular thunderstorms (rotating thunderstorms) broke out on the afternoon of Saturday, December 1st, 2018. Three of of these thunderstorms produced multiple tornadoes across portions of western and central Illinois. Below are the tornadoes that affected the NWS St. Louis county warning area. For more detailed, interactive maps, please visit: https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/
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