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Heavy Rain Continues in Florida; Cold Front Brings Thunderstorms and Showers to Central US

Scattered areas of heavy rain continue to produce isolated flash flooding across the Florida peninsula. Anomalous moisture will combine with a cold front and will bring heavy rain and scattered flash flooding across the Mid-South, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys today and Tuesday. Above average temperatures will continue to be found ahead of the cold front from the Midwest to the Northeast. Read More >

Overview

An environment favorable for intense thunderstorm development was in place across the area on Thursday, June 4th. While fairly isolated, thunderstorms that did become established produced a large degree of damage, most notably from Brown County east-southeastward through Deuel County and beyond. Measured wind gusts ranged from 50 to 95 mph, with even greater wind speeds likely at some locations. While damage was caused by straight-line winds (meaning no rotation), the wind speeds alone would fall into an EF1 tornado category.  Downed power lines, uprooted trees, and even structural damage was reported in the wake of this storm as a result.  Image
Surface weather map at 7pm on June 4th, 2020
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