Damaging winds and hail so large it could cause injury to people and animals and damage buildings was expected with the storms.

Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches are possible overnight for much of Iowa, with locally higher amounts. Dozens of counties are under a flood watch.

Florida's slender peninsula allows sea breezes to push in from either coast, sometimes with spectacular results.

A few showers and thunderstorms will be possible on Friday into Friday night before quiet weather is expected through the weekend.The bulk of the heavy rainfall and flooding concerns shifted further south into Central Iowa on Thursday night leaving Southeast Minnesota dry and some light showers across North Iowa.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for New Hampshire's Coos County Friday morning. The warning came down shortly after a severe thunderstorm warning for Oxford county expired at 5:15 am. The storm is among several storms in the Northeast capable of producing thunder, lightning and gusty winds up to 60 mph.

Several concert series have been scheduled in Hoboken this summer. The Swingadelic concert has been rescheduled for Aug. 28 at 7 p.m., the city said. The forecast has been downgra

The Piedmont will follow a normal summer pattern for the next few days. Friday will be warm and muggy with a chance for scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Slightly drier

Thunderstorms are developing now (2 p.m.) over northeast Lower Michigan into central Lower Michigan and also over far southern Lower Michigan. The dark green area in the map above shows where some of these thunderstorms could produce the quick severe weather conditions of a strong wind gust or large hail.