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Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England; Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms may continue to bring flash and urban flooding to the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through tonight. Isolated dry thunderstorms will continue to bring a fire weather threat to the northwestern Great Basin through Friday. Read More >

A round of thunderstorms moved over the Coeur d'Alene area during the afternoon and evening of May 19th. Kootenai County Spotter #62 captured these images from the North Idaho University campus. The first picture is a lightning strike over the lake. The second is mammatus clouds sited beneath the storm.

Lightning bolt over Lake Coeur d'Alene

Mammatus clouds near Coeur d'Alene