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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Overview

Another significant flooding event occurred across southeast Missouri into far southwest Kentucky on August 3rd and 4th. This was just 2 weeks after the historic flooding that occurred on July 19th. The hardest hit areas this time were approximately one county west of the July 19th event. Locations from Marble Hill and Sikeston, Missouri southeast to Hickman, Kentucky and Union City, Tennessee observed amounts of 6 to 12 inches. There were 2 waves of heavy rain, one occurring from around midnight into the morning on August 3rd and the second from around midnight into the morning on August 4th. The environment in place allowed very efficient rainfall production as thunderstorms trained over the same locations.
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