Violent summer weather including heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes hit problems in Florida, Arizona, Texas, Nebraska and Minnesota. Three tornadoes were reported at New Port Richey, Fla., but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage from the storms. Thunderstorms continued Wednesday in the Southwest, with locally heavy rain causing some floods. Flooding was forecast for the Santa Cruz River north of Tucson, Ariz., and, a flood warning was posted until Thursday along the Rio Grande River from Presidio, Texas, through the Big Bend National Park. The Rio Grande River at Castolon, Texas, was 2{ feet above flood stage at 11 a.m. Wednesday, and rising. More than four inches of rain fell near Sutton, Neb. Up to 3 inches of rain fell over east-central Nebraska, causing urban flooding at Fremont, Valley and Blair. Rainfall from morning thunderstorms caused flooding at Pipestone, Minn., where storms also brought strong, gusty winds and small hail. Hail an inch in diameter also fell at Scribner, Neb. during the early morning. Rain and thunderstorms continued into Wednesday afternoon from eastern Georgia and Florida though South Carolina, and across eastern New England. Charleston, S.C., received 1\ inch of rain in a half an hour. Showers and storms also extended from central Mississippi through Arkansas, southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and south central Colorado into northeast New Mexico. Rain and thunderstorms reached from central and eastern Nebraska across parts of South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Rainshowers and thunderstorms were scattered over Montana, the Idaho panhandle, parts of Washington, Oregon, and Nevada. The low temperature for the Lower 48 states Wednesday was 33 at Truckee, Calif. Temperatures around the nation at 3 p.m. EDT ranged from 54 at Spokane, Wash., to 100 at Palm Springs, Calif.
