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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 series of thunderstorm complexes during the night of June 27th into the 28th produced significant flash flooding. A small swath of rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches occurred over portions of northwest Kentucky, just south of the cities of Owensboro and Henderson. Surrounding this area, parts of southwest Indiana, southeast Illinois, and the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky measured 2 to 4 inches in some areas.
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