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 since Feb. 2003
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Rainy Weather Knocks Out Emergency Radio In N. Texas | More Rain May Break Record As Flooded Six Flags Reopens | More stories | 2 . Get the latest cams and radar images in the Dallas/Fort Worth page

Flash flooding hits southwestern Idaho

Listen to meteor shower at SpaceWeather.com

And, one year ago today, the WXnation Live Webcam moved to north Fort Worth. Info from last year’s weblog entry

From Arlington, Texas: Flash Flood Strikes Six Flags Over Texas | Picture slideshows here | Other coverage. Get radar and webcam images in the Dallas/Fort Worth page

Soggy Weather Continues To Slosh Across North Texas

Weather Eases Fire Threat In Sierra Nevada

Alaska earthquake and Illinois earthquake. Earthquake resources are available in the National/International page (in the right column)

Flooding hits Fort Worth-area again. See flooding slideshow from this morning here (opens in new window)

Flooding forces evacuations in Central Texas

From Wyoming: Heavy rains cause flooding along creeks and streams

NBC to Launch Digital Weather Channel

From Colorado: Heavy rains cause flooding along creeks, streams

From Houston: Weather not as bad as predicted

Strong Storms Swarm Southwest Florida

Mississippi Storms Cause Widespread Power Outages

Get the latest typhoon news from Google News

Wet weather continues for South Texas

Rain continues to wash out play at Wimbledon

Logitech and MSN Surpass One Billion Webcam Sessions on MSN Messenger

Good news followed bad in Fort Worth. The good: Cowtown is the 20th biggest city in the U.S.

The bad news that preceeded the new Census findings: Tragedy hit downtown Fort Worth when four visiting from Chicago drowned in the city’s Water Gardens. Lives of drowning victims celebrated .

Houston-area flooding coverage here. Get the latest radar image from the National Weather Service, and the latest watches and warnings. More radars and webcams are in the Houston page

7th straight 80-degree day sets record | More coverage

Severe weather hits Amarillo

Weather causes San Antonio school’s roof to collapse

South Dakota: Farmers Fight The James River

More wet weather likely in Georgia

From Houston-Area: Danevang Residents Clean Up Twister Damage

Storms Roar Through SA Area

Iowa: Residents more wary of weather

Slideshow and story: Tornadoes Whip Through Parts Of Wisconsin

Cleveland’s Channel 5 to put weather on Web; Channels 19/43 get new staffers

Lack of staff at the Calgary Weather Office meant a severe thunderstorm was raging before Calgarians could be warned, say Public Service Alliance of Canada. Details

Cold North Dakota

From Iowa: Repeat Of ‘93 Flooding Unlikely

Severe storms reportedly spawning tornadoes blasted much of Wisconsin Wednesday evening.

Fresh off a soon-to-be-implemented innovation in addressable advertising, The Weather Channel saw a double-digit increase in its upfront volume for the coming year. Details

Check out the noctilucent clouds gallery at SpaceWeather.com Some researchers believe they’re a sign of global warming. Others say they’re caused by space dust and rocket exhaust.

Great Venus transit picture courtesy Astronomy Pic of the Day

Look what being an ex-Beatle gets you: Russians change weather for McCartney concert | Additional stories

From Colorado: Weird June weather a chilling experience as summer begins

From Houston: Weather Knocks Out Power At Hobby Airport

Perhaps this is a sign that love is indeed in the air on this, the 2nd anniversary of my wedding to my wonderful wife: I decided to check in on an Oklahoma radar, since threre are flood and thunderstorm watches posted, and saw a heart-shaped break in the rain west of Oklahoma City. Here is an archived shot of that National Weather Service radar image from just after 12:30 a.m. CT. A current image is here, and additional radars and cams are in the OKC and Tulsa pages:

12:28 a.m. June 22, 2004 radar image from National Weather Service

Weather Alert Radios to Give Terror Warnings Too

Oklahoma Flooding: Heavy Rains, Storms Continue; Some Flooding Reported | Additional stories

Weather.com(R) Achieves Top Ten Web Site Ranking

NASA research helps highlight lightning safety awareness week

Plane Soars Out of Earth’s Atmosphere

Five States Get More Sun Than Florida

An analemma is that figure-8 curve that you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day throughout planet Earth’s year. Astronomy Pic of the Day and the direct image link for today