National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Heat This Weekend

Severe thunderstorms today may produce damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flooding over parts of the Plains into the Missouri Valley. On Sunday, scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts are expected across the Mid-Atlantic vicinity. Hazardous heat will continue in the South, Southwest and central California this weekend building across the Pacific Northwest Sunday. Read More >

Overview

The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought strong and damaging winds to southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, southwest Indiana and western Kentucky on Sunday September 14th, 2008. Numerous reports of wind gusts ranging from 50-75 mph were received from Trained Spotters and Emergency Management officials. There were many reports of widespread tree damage, trees down, power lines down, roof damage and mobile home damage.​
nws logo Media use of NWS Web News Stories is encouraged!
Please acknowledge the NWS as the source of any news information accessed from this site.
nws logo