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...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MIDWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE IOWA ILLINOIS INDIANA MINNESOTA WISCONSIN ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS MOUNTAINS TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. A VERY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REGIME WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER AN EXTENSIVE REGION FROM THE PLAINS...ACROSS THE...

PATTEN, Maine - A "Wizard of Oz"-type storm Saturday produced a "wall of hail" so heavy it pounded pumpkins into mush and a wind so fierce it lifted a dog and two pigs into the air and peeled off a roof on Happy Corner Road, residents said Sunday. No one was injured. The storm, which brought...

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0938 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE WESTERN IOWA EASTERN HALF OF NEBRASKA FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ELSEWHERE...ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHERN WI. VERY WARM...MOIST AND BUOYANT AIRMASS IS SPREADING NORTHWARD...

An active weather day is in store for the Central and Southern Plains eastward to the Mississippi River today. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, including large and long-tracked tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds is expected to begin later this afternoon in portions of the Great Plains and move eastward as the day progresses. Thunderstorms are expected to develop over parts of Kansas and southern Nebraska this afternoon, with more storms developing late this afternoon and this evening over Oklahoma and Texas. These storms will move eastward into western Missouri, western Arkansas, and western Louisiana by...

By AccuWeather.com News Director Steve Penstone (STATE COLLEGE) - AccuWeather.com is forecasting strong storms will develop over Texas and Oklahoma later today. The three ingredients necessary for the development of severe weather will be over the Lone Star State today. Southeast winds will bring ample amounts of moist air from the Gulf, cold air will move in behind the system as it heads east, and a powerful jet stream is in place to stir everything together. The system will rocket out of the southern Rockies and into the southern Plains, and by late afternoon or this evening thunderstorms will develop...

The skies are raining big chunks of ice, and experts ranging from scientists to federal investigators are scrambling to learn what's going on. For the second time in a week, California was the victim of an aerial, icy assault, the latest being early Thursday when a chunk of ice the size of a microwave oven plunged out of a cloudless sky into the San Bernardino County town of Loma Linda. The ice punched through the metal roof of a recreation center, leaving a hole up to 2 1/2 feet wide... No one was hurt. Two tennis players were batting a...

...OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING A FEW STRONG...LONG-TRACK TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE NORTHERN ALABAMA NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE SURROUNDING THE HIGH RISK AREA...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD INTO OHIO VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER PARTS OF THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE EASTERN KANSAS FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

A clean-up operation began Wednesday across northern Israel, after a day of storms, including a tornado, wrought large-scale destruction in the area and left 70 people injured. Israel Radio reported that Agriculture Ministry officials and insurance agents visited the western Galilee on Wednesday afternoon to inspect the damage caused by the storms. Large numbers of greenhouses in the area sustained damage in the storms, the radio said, in particular avocado, lychee and summer fruit crops. The village of Julis in the Galilee suffered hundreds of thousands of shekels of damage in Tuesday's strong winds. Homes in the village had broken...

MIDI - THE TWELFTH OF NEVER Tornadoes hit the Midwest...destruction reigns A DUmmy jumped from his roof...he's driven insane Bank robbers hit Wells Fargo and took the vault The NEW YORK TIMES is on it...they write it's Bush's fault My, oh, my...someone tell us why He's causing havoc...when will we impeach this guy It hailed in Cincinnati...the game was called A gay performer by his own tiger was mauled You find your curly fries had way too much salt The NEW YORK TIMES is on it...they write it's Bush's fault That will go on forever...they write it's Bush's fault...

PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1113 AM CDT MON JUN 06 2005 VALID 061613Z - 070015Z ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST US TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST US LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE WESTERN CONNECTICUT WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW YORK CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN VERMONT SURROUNDING THE MODERATE RISK AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF...

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 391 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 205 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND...

ATWOOD, Kan. - A hundred and forty years after the Homestead Act helped populate the American West, small towns in Kansas are turning to it again, to draw new residents and new economic development. Three hours east of Denver, Atwood, Kansas is losing ground. Census figures from 2000 showed 1,279 people living there, about a hundred fewer than in 1994. So, back in November, city leaders decided to offer home-sized lots for free to anyone willing to build. "I'm getting interest from every state of the union and Mexico," said Arlene Bliss, director of economic development for Rawlins County, KS....

Hailstorm Hammers Denver April 21, 2005 DENVER — More than a dozen flights destined for Denver International Airport (search) were diverted to other cities Wednesday night after a quick-moving thunderstorm pounded the airport with hail. United Airlines expected delays and cancelations through Thursday afternoon after diverting 16 flights, airline spokeswoman Andrea Arroyo said. Eleven flights landed in Colorado Springs (search), five flights were sent to Pueblo and one flight landed in Grand Junction. An American Airlines flight was delayed three hours after landing in Colorado Springs, spokesman Billy Sanez said. Lightning prompted several airlines to pull flight crews off the...

By Suzannah Gonzales AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, April 06, 2005 Hail, wind and rain hit Central Texas on Tuesday night for the third time in less than two weeks. National Weather Service forecasters received several reports of nickel- to golf ball-size hail in parts of Travis, Williamson, Blanco and Burnet counties. But sheriff's officials in those counties said they had not received reports of any damage. Austin Energy spokesman Ed Clark said that no more than about 50 customers at a time experienced "very minor, scattered small outages" in Spicewood Springs. By 10:30 p.m., power was restored for those customers, he...

With more than $50 million in damage caused, insurance agents are keeping busy By Alison Knezevich AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Insurance adjusters returned to their offices Monday to full voice mailboxes and stacks of filed claims. The hailstorm that blew through Central Texas on Friday night caused about $50 million to $60 million in damage, insurance officials said Monday. That estimate could grow this week, said Sandra Ray, a spokeswoman for Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an organization of insurance companies in Texas and Oklahoma. Michelle Levy, a spokeswoman for Farmers Insurance, said local offices received about 900 claims...

Tornado warnings are presently up for counties around Birmingham, Huntsville & Montgomery, AL; this system has spawned tornadoes in parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas on it's way eastward. Birmingham is under the gun now, and the system will be approaching Chattanooga, Atlanta and points eastward over the afternoon and evening. WVTM-TV (NBC 13) Birmingham is presently streaming live coverage at http://nbc13.com/ - I expect local stations in Chattanooga and Atlanta to join in within the next couple of hours.

Pilgrims hail Najaf's peace as Allah's gift By Toby Harnden (Filed: 28/08/2004) At first light the street named "Revolution of 1920", which had been a mile-long battleground for three weeks, was suddenly thronged with pilgrims hailing the peace deal over the holy city as a gift from Allah. The rising sun behind them, they chanted "God bless Mohammed and his household" as they streamed past the charred shells of hotels and souvenir shops. They stepped over an unexploded mortar shell embedded in the pavement and flowed past three artillery shells daisy-chained together to make a roadside bomb. The closer the...

TORNADO WATCH AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 582 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 614 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND EXPIRES AT 100 AM EDT. MIC017-049-059-063-087-091-093-099-111-115-125-145-147-151-155-157- 161-163-070500- IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES... BAY...MIDLAND...SANILAC...SAGINAW...LAPEER...GENESEE...SHIAWASSEE... MACOMB...OAKLAND...LIVINGSTON...WASHTENAW...LENAWEE...HILLSDALE... HURON...TUSCOLA...ST. CLAIR...WAYNE AND MONROE $$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 620 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-071200- BAY-GENESEE-HURON-LAPEER-LENAWEE-LIVINGSTON-MACOMB-MIDLAND-MONROE- OAKLAND-SAGINAW-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-ST. CLAIR-TUSCOLA-WASHTENAW- WAYNE- 620 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT TORNADO WATCH 582 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1...

Thousands of Iranians and especially members of the Diaspora residing in the US paid tribute to the late Ronald W. Reagan. E-mails, faxes, flower bouquets have been sent, since Saturday, to the Ronald Reagan Library located in Simi Valley (California) while hundreds of Iranians paid homage to the 40th President of the USA by making visit of the premises in the first days of the week. Hundreds of callers are expressing, everyday, their condolences to the People of America and all those fighting tyranny during most of the Iranian TV and Radio talk shows. Farah Pahlavi Diba, the former Empress...