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Two days of intense thunderstorms turned a Utah skate park into a water park, and a snowplow was needed to clear hail from a local interstate after heavy rainfall caused flooding across the Salt Lake City metro area.
More than half a million dollars worth of cocaine washed ashore along Florida's coastline on Monday, most likely carried in by the tides from the East Coast due to recent storms, authorities say.
Hurricane Ernesto formed off the coast of Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning after the then-tropical storm blasted the U.S. territory with torrential rain that led to numerous reports of flooding, as well as damaging wind gusts that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers.
The tail of Tropical Storm Ernesto is still causing very gusty winds and torrential rains over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck the Las Vegas area on Tuesday evening, followed by at least one aftershock, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The string of triple-digits continues. This is, on average, our hottest time of the year.
No watches are valid as of Wed Aug 14 07:13:02 UTC 2024.
WW 621 SEVERE TSTM NE 140430Z – 141200Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 621 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Central and south-central Nebraska * Effective this Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from 1130 PM until 700 AM CDT. * Primary threats include... Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible SUMMARY...A cluster of occasionally severe thunderstorms -- which produced a 60-kt at MCK during the last half hour -- will maintain severe potential into the watch area before weakening later tonight. Isolated large hail also may occur, either in the main MCS or in precursory convection. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles south southwest of Kearney NE to 30 miles northeast of Broken Bow NE. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 620... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector 27030. ...Edwards
