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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

A significant severe weather event occurred in our forecast area from the evening of February 28th into the early morning hours of March 1st. Two waves of severe storms occurred with the first consisting of multiple supercells during the evening hours, one of which produced 2 long track tornadoes. The second round was an intense squall line that moved into southeast Missouri and southern Illinois after 3 AM and was out of the area by 7 AM. Damaging winds in excess of 80 mph were reported with this line as it moved across western Kentucky. There were 8 confirmed tornadoes from this event, with 1 EF-4 (Perryville, MO), 1 EF-3 (Crossville, IL), and 1 EF-2 (Cuba, KY).

Summaries from SPC and other NWS Offices

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