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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

Overview

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved across a small portion of southeast MO, most of southern IL and into southwest IN and adjacent counties in western KY starting around 4pm. The northern end of the line packed a punch when it came to winds and many locations saw wind gusts 60-70 mph. This produced numerous reports of trees down, tree limbs down, power lines down and some minor structural damage (i.e shingles off roofs etc). Even further south, there were many reports of winds 40-50 mph. There were several thousand of folks without power after the storms rolled through.
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