Tornadoes Are More Powerful Than We Realize

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Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail, along with flooding rain, rumbled through parts of the Plains during the Fourth of July holiday weekend in classic early-July fashion.

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Monday afternoon, July 3, a well-developed landspout was reported south of Broadview, New Mexico, near the Texas-New Mexico border. No damage was reported from this landspout.

Early Monday morning, July 3, a band of heavy rainfall stalled out over parts of far southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas. Some high-water rescues were reported, and a few major roads were closed in Paris, Texas, about 90 miles northeast of Dallas.

Sunday, July 2, hail up to golf ball size was reported in portions of Nebraska, and strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and utility poles in parts of Oklahoma. A gust of 80 mph was measured in Okesa, Oklahoma, early Sunday evening, July 2.

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