• Reports: Heavy Rain, Tornadoes Slam Southeast

    May 17, 2013; 9:42 PM

    Strong thunderstorms moving across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee Friday are capable of producing damaging winds, large hail and a risk of a few tornadoes.

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Moorhead, MN (2007)
Heavy rainfall caused streets to flood over curbs and ditches to fill up. Quarter-sized hail also fell.

Racine, WI (1883)
Tornado kills 25 people and causes $2 million damage.

Boston, MA (2007)
1.72 inches of rain, a record for the date (old record: 1.09 inches in 2002)