"A day after several tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept through Colorado, a band of intense storms bore down on the Midwest and South. Thunderstorms with heavy rain, large hail, and isolated tornadoes were predicted Monday for parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The National Weather Service also issued flash flood warnings for those states."
"TWIN TWISTERS STRIKE TOWN -- At least one person was killed and 16 others were in critical condition on Monday after massive tornadoes swept through northern Nebraska, destroying more than half the town of Pilger, where these two tornadoes touched down, officials said (Boston Globe June 17 2014)."
NEXT DAY UPDATE: The size and intensity of the dual tornadoes that made them rare
Let's take a look at the map from one corner to the other:
Twisters are most deadly in Fla., survey finds
Alaska weather reports go digital
California fire grows slightly, threatens homes
It's a generally nice day here (despite the chem trails that were laid yesterday), although still cooler than normal for this time of year.
UPDATE:
"Horrible weather for mid-June, it was cold, miserably cold, but...."
