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48 Hours of Storms, Heavy Rain and Powerful Wind Gusts to Slam the United States This Weekend

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 9d ago
183 distinct posts / 48h, matching Weekend 91 Hours 86 Powerful 10 Slam 3
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9d ago 1:45p/ So far only a few winning Wattery tickets being handed out, but increased coverage is possible over the next several hours. Not expecting any severe weather, but the usual heavy rain, lightn… -1.0
9d ago Loved my manual transmission. Hip arthritis and hurricane Ivan and driving 5.5 hours stop and go to travel the one hour drive home from work ended my love affair. Tear. -3.0
9d ago like 1.5 hours to take the bus downtown. that’s a lot of time and energy, especially in extreme weather -2.0
9d ago Flood Watch has been issued for New Castle, Sussex, Warren +23 more | Additional Amounts: 2-3 in within a period of just 1-2 hours leading to flash flooding | Expires at 07/19/2026 02:00 AM. https:… -6.0
9d ago Flood Watch has been issued for New Castle, Sussex, Warren +23 more | Additional Amounts: 2-3 in within a period of just 1-2 hours leading to flash flooding | Expires at 07/19/2026 02:00 AM. https:… -6.0
9d ago I'm not sure, I do know extreme heat and heat domes that last days are becoming more frequent. Temperatures over 40° Celsius were never heard of a few years ago either but they occur each summer no… -5.0
9d ago There better be a typhoon in SF the way my flight got delayed 3 hours -1.5
9d ago I’m finding the media to be seriously lacking in mentioning- even mentioning- climate change in the last 24ish hours! Cowards! Come on! We have crazy wildfires, flooding & deaths in Texas, we can’t… -6.0
9d ago Heat wave and the Canada wildfire smoke creating an apocalyptic atmosphere yesterday. Followed by hours of thunder (but no rain or lightning) and then a sudden tornado warning with hail and high wi… -4.5
9d ago At 8:58 AM CDT, 11 E Eldorado [Schleicher Co, TX] Fire Dept/Rescue reports Flash Flood. Eldorado Fire Chief reported 1 inch of water inside home. Also, reported 5.5 inches of rainfall in the last 2… -2.5
9d ago Yesterday there was a training segment of storms in New Jersey at there shore that trained for hours dropping 4-6 inches of rain 80 mph winds at times and prompted a tornado warning. There was no f… -4.0
9d ago This is the time graph of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in the air in Crown Point, Indiana over the last 48 hours PM 2.5 particulate matter, when high, is correlated with a spike in cardiac and… -3.5
9d ago 🌊 Flash Flood Warning for Edwards & Kerr County TX through 9am CDT — heaviest rain expected in the next couple hours. Track this one free in beta at vortexwxpredictions.com #FlashFlood #TXwx https:… -2.0
9d ago Weather conditions once again caused devastating flooding in a vulnerable swath of Texas WASHINGTON-- Well before dawn in Texas, a shallow point of the Guadalupe River rose above the height of a t… -8.5
9d ago France experienced historic drought, extreme heat, tornadoes, giant hail, and a rare "Cloud Tsunami" in less than 72 hours. In our latest Substack article, we examine how these extraordinary event… -4.0
9d ago Center Point rose thirty-two feet in four hours, while the river at Comfort reached major flood stage after rising more than thirty-four feet in less than two hours. The Pedernales River north of t… -6.5
9d ago I always appreciate your support🙏 We had a fierce thunderstorm here starting just after noon today, though it let up after about three hours🌩️ It is incredibly humid outside😅 However, once I finish… +4.5
9d ago With all this heat wave happening, my body is, yet again, incapable to regulate its temperature and these days I have been roasting internally at temperatures between ~38°C and ~38.9°C. The ups tow… -6.5
9d ago It’s been some extreme heat in London 🥵 Shropshire hasn’t been quite that extreme but very close, we’re down for about the same tomorrow 22, no more shop air-cons 🤣 🤣 🤣 I have stayed in London in a… -2.0
9d ago This also indicates that plants have a two-geared cytoskeletal mechano-response system, with actin responding quickly (eg drought or infections) and microtubules, rearranging in the course of hours… +1.0
9d ago Water damage is no joke. A few hours of flooding can create weeks or months of repairs and stress. -2.0
9d ago Oklahoma: Abbott: Catastrophic flooding expected overnight through early morning hours Texas faces life-threatening flooding overnight due to record rainfall, emergency responders prioritize savin… -7.0
9d ago I think I've emotionally recovered from getting stranded alone with @ericallixrogers.com in Illinois Canyon at Starved Rock for 5+ hours due to flash flooding a few weeks ago. Here are some nice pi… +2.5
9d ago Mmm I love getting “flash flood warnings” every few hours today. -4.0
9d ago Today I got to sit on a porch by a mountain creek with my uncle & aunt, whom I rarely see & who are in their 80s. My uncle made cinnamon rolls & we rocked & watched ducks & listened to a thundersto… +7.0
9d ago My daughter is a camp counselor at Camp Taum Sauk in MO. This past Friday she and her fellow counselors and staff kept hundreds of campers safe for 14 hours until The National Guard evacuated them … -3.5
9d ago What the next 24 hours could look like in Texas Hill Country as flooding persists www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/w... -3.0
9d ago @BlowUpRadio Insane that this area has pretty much been under various severe thunderstorm warnings since a little before 5:30pm or so...over 2 hours! This kept on back-building in SE Burlington Co… -2.5
9d ago Took a drive around town and it's not great. Not as bad as last year, they're saying the river got 10 feet higher last year compared to this year. But over 20 inches of rain over a 24 hour period. … -2.5
9d ago An incredible amount of water has fallen in the Manahawkin/Barnegat/Pemberton area over the last 2 hours. Frequent lightning and hail. Keeps back building to Tabernacle area. Reminds me of Septembe… -3.0

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Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

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+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 48 Hours of Storms, Heavy Rain and Powerful Wind Gusts to Slam the United States This Weekend weather_forecast cronista.com urgent, foreboding, unsettled
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fear
T3 A steamy overnight with more scattered storms ahead weather_forecast wthitv.com muggy, unstable, expected
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T3 FORECAST: More scattered storms ahead weather_forecast wbko.com bracing, watchful, unsettled
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T3 A Stormy Weekend Ahead weather_forecast wtxl.com bracing, unsettled, windy
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anticipation