Category: National Weather Service

Heat Wave Expected to Hit Southern California for Labor Day Weekend

August 29, 2022
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Summer isn’t over yet in Southern California. Another sweltering heat wave is hitting this week as temperatures reach triple digits in time for Labor Day weekend, experts predict. “It’s going to be hot in most areas by Wednesday,” Brandt Maxwell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego, told The Epoch Times. Temperatures…

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Nearly 2 Dozen People Injured as Tornadoes Slam Central Texas

April 14, 2022
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At least 23 people were injured when tornadoes slammed central Texas on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction, a local official said. Judge David Blackburn of Bell County, Texas, said 23 people were injured, and one of them critically. Twelve of the injured were taken to hospitals, the county’s top elected official said. “There’s not much left,”…

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Black Wednesday Tornado From April 3, 1974, Remembered in Xenia, Ohio

April 2, 2022
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Time stood still on an early spring afternoon 48 years ago, and life was forever impacted in my hometown of Xenia, Ohio. April 3, 1974. Those of us who lived in Xenia and are old enough to remember vividly recall where we were when the clocks stopped around 4:40 p.m. That is when a tornado…

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After Hottest June Ever, US Braces for New Heatwave in West

July 11, 2021
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Western states are bracing for more scorching weather this weekend after the hottest month of June on record in the United States killed scores of people, strained electric grids, and depleted reservoirs. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for much of the West through Monday evening, predicting “dangerously hot conditions” including…

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Heat Wave Settles Over Southland, Bringing Triple-Digit Temps

June 28, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Triple-digit temperatures continued June 28 as another heat wave brought potentially dangerous conditions to parts of Southern California. “Triple-digit high temperatures will be common over the hottest valleys, foothills and desert between Saturday and Monday,” the National Weather Service (NWS) said over the weekend. “Very warm conditions are likely to continue Tuesday through…

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Heat Wave Turns Up Temperatures Across the Southland

June 15, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—In a preview of the summer ahead, temperatures began spiking June 15 in the Southland, beginning a heat wave that’s expected to bring triple-digit weather to many areas through June 18, possibly including downtown Los Angeles. The forecast is raising fears of heat-related illnesses, strain on the power grid and the possibility of brush…

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