NATIONAL SUMMARY                   
 
Showers and thunderstorms extended from southeastern New England to 
much of the southern Appalachians and Piedmont to the Gulf Coast 
states and northeastern Texas. The heaviest concentration of rainfall 
was over the coastal mid-Atlantic, but isolated drenching, gusty 
storms were located throughout the region. Spotty showers and 
thunderstorms were located over the Rockies and were beginning to 
develop over the central Plains to the Ohio Valley states. Showers 
were affecting part of Washington state and northern Oregon. A push 
of dry, cooler air was progressing southeastward over the Upper 
Midwest. Dry, breezy and very warm conditions were occurring over the 
interior Southwest.                
 
 
SPECIAL WEATHER                    
 
A Wild Day in the Midwest Recalled...
 
--Severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind and hail damage from 
Iowa through southern lower Michigan on June 18, 2010. Winds gusted 
to 90 mph in parts of Indiana. Windows were blown out of the 25th and 
29th floors of the Willis Tower in Chicago. Hundreds of thousand of 
people were left without power.    
 
 
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS BY ACCU WEATHER 
 
Severe Weather Incidents Tuesday...
 
--Flash flooding occurred in Galax City, Va. Multiple streets were 
closed do to high water.           
 
--Flash flooding occurred along the Grindstone River in Leicester, 
Mass.                              
 
--Flash flooding occurred in Worcester, Mass.
 
--Flash flooding occurred in Red Lion, Pa.
 
--Flash flooding occurred near Spencer, W.Va.
 
--Flash flooding occurred in Thornton, W.Va.
 
--Flash flooding occurred in Charleston, W.Va.
 
--Flash flooding occurred in Charleston, S.C., early in the morning.
 
--Flash flooding occurred near Carlisle, Ohio.
 
--1.00-inch diameter hail fell in Shrewsbury, Mass.
 
--Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and power lines in Upper 
Freehold Township, N.J.            
 
--2.50-inch diameter hail fell near Springfield, Minn., early in the 
morning and caused damage to crops.
 
--1.25-inch diameter hail covered the ground near Comfrey, Minn., 
early in the morning.              
 
24-Hour Rainfall (Inches) as of Tuesday Afternoon...
 
Wise, Va.                          1.50                                   
Abingdon, Va.                      1.41                                   
Hot Springs, Va.                   1.32                                   
Beckley, W.Va.                     1.36                                   
Coatesville, Pa.                   1.08                                   
Fitchburg, Mass.                   1.43                                   
East Milton, Mass.                 1.13                                   
Wilmington, Del.                   1.40                                   
Dover, Del.                        1.18                                   
Bristol, Tenn.                     2.90                                   
Memphis, Tenn.                     2.32                                   
Oak Ridge, Tenn.                   1.62                                   
Philadelphia, PA                   0.97                                   
Millville, N.J.                    1.89                                   
Dayton, Ohio                       1.20                                   
Louisville, Ky.                    2.90                                   
Jackson, Ky.                       1.52                                    
Portsmouth, N.H.                   1.01                                   
Abilene, Texas                     2.73                                   
Big Spring, Texas                  1.43                                   
Jacksonville, Texas                1.43                                   
Minden, La.                        2.44                                   
Bastrop, La.                       1.06                                   
Lamar, Colo.                       1.83                               
 
 
 
DAILY EXTREMES                     
 
National High Today (through 9 pm) 114 at Death Valley, California
National Low Today (through 9 pm) 30 at Boca Reservoir, California
 
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