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.

A mesoscale convective complex/system (MCS) moved all the way across Ga. & far North Fl. Thursday-early Fri. with its remnants moving offshore & over the W. Atlantic east/northeast of Jacksonville. An small scale upper level disturbance has formed in association with this t’storm complex but should eventually dissipate.

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.

Miami to experience a typical humid weekend with thunderstorms and high temperatures, as per weather forecasts.

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.

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

Strong thunderstorms are expected to start firing up in the early evening Wednesday. And some storms could dump 2 to 3 inches of rain in one hour, forecasters say.

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