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There’s lots of vigorous and violent weather activity going on for Friday: 8 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Nevada with over a dozen aftershocks so far, while 3 separate severe weather fronts and 2 separate flash flooding fronts could bring a day of violent weather.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck a remote area of Western Nevada early Friday morning, according to the US Geological Service (USGS). The temblor struck around 4:03 AM in an area near Mina and roughly 35 miles outside Tonopah, slightly east of the Sierra Nevada range.
According to the USGS, the initial quake occurred about 4.7 miles deep, followed by at least six sizable aftershocks, which included two with estimated magnitudes of approximately 5.4. Residents of the surrounding states reported feeling the quake as far as Salt Lake City, Utah, and the central valley of California, Sacramento, and Bay area, according to the Associated Press.
As of this writing, the story was still developing. The initial quake was reported as a 6.4 magnitude, downgraded to a 5.8, and then upgraded to a 6.5. There have now been over a dozen aftershocks reported. There is yet any word about damage or injury.
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued warnings over severe thunderstorms bringing heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding on three separate fronts for Friday including portions of the central US, Ohio Valley, and Northeast.
In the east, an enhanced Level-3 threat of severe weather could bring heavy downpours, damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes to portions of eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, throughout Pennsylvania, the southern half of New York, northern New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, throughout Massachusetts west of Boston, in the southern portions of Vermont and New Hampshire.
In the central US, to separate severe weather fronts will be active on Friday. The first is over the central Plains and will affect portions of northeastern Colorado, western and southwestern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas.
Another severe weather front will affect the middle and south-central US spanning from the Mexico border in Texas through the center of the state into the Panhandle, central plains, Hill Country, and North Texas, extending through most of Oklahoma, into Northwestern Arkansas, southeastern Kansas, and southwestern Missouri.
The NWS is warning of the potential for heavy rain and flash flooding on two separate fronts on Friday. The first area extends from north-central and northern Texas, into central and eastern Oklahoma, along the western Arkansas border, and the southeastern border of Kansas.
The second and larger area of heavy rain and flash flooding risk will span from southern and central Texas, along the Gulf Coast, extending eastward into the southern half of Louisiana and portions of southern Mississippi.
