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Heavy Rainfall to Continue Through Tonight in Central Texas; Heat in the East, Interior Northwest, and Southwest

Isolated heavy rainfall will continue through tonight across portions of central Texas, though some relief from the heavy rain is expected on Tuesday. Heat and humidity will remain in place across the Eastern U.S. and interior Northwest U.S. over the next few days with widespread moderate to major Heat Risk. Dangerous heat will build into the Desert Southwest Tuesday through Thursday. Read More >

Overview

An extremely active period of severe weather impacted the region for four consecutive days, between June 29 and July 2, 2023. Numerous rounds of severe thunderstorms produce large hail up to three inches in diameter and destructive damaging winds. The Wabash Valley and Evansville Tri-State area were impacted particularly hard, with several hundred people losing power for multiple days due to repeated rounds of severe thunderstorms. A long-track EF-1 tornado struck Graves, Marshall, and Lyon counties in western Kentucky on the evening of July 1. 
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