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Impact: Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon & evening

Headlines differ by emphasizing urgency with 'Alert Day,' multimedia with 'Video,' or specific conditions like 'Humid,' while others state 'Impact' and possibility.

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What happened Scattered shower and thunderstorms are likely Thursday. There is a chance some storms could produce damaging wind gusts, hail, tornadoes, cause flash flooding.
The headline split WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster) frames it as "Impact: Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon & evening". KTRK / ABC13 Houston frames it as "Much-needed rain showers possible for Thursday morning commute".
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WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster)News report · Aug 27, 3:31 AM

Impact: Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday afternoon & evening

Impactpossible

Scattered shower and thunderstorms are likely Thursday. There is a chance some storms could produce damaging wind gusts, hail, tornadoes, cause flash flooding.

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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Aug 27, 4:02 AM

Very warm and more humid Thursday with spotty thundershowers by late afternoon into evening

Spotty thundershowers possible again Friday afternoon and early evening, then hot and mainly dry this weekend into next week.

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WBAL Baltimore (Hearst)News report · Aug 27, 2:50 AM

Alert Day Thursday: Thunderstorms may turn severe

Alert Daymay turn severe

The storms will be scattered but capable of heavy rain and damaging winds

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WCVB Boston (Hearst)News report · Aug 27, 2:30 AM

Video: Humid Thursday with afternoon storms

VideoHumidstorms

Thursday turns humid across the Boston area and Massachusetts with afternoon storms possible. Muggy conditions continue Friday with a thunderstorm chance.

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WMUR9 (Hearst, Manchester NH)News report · Aug 27, 1:48 AM

Video: Strong storms possible Thursday

VideoStrong storms possible

Meteorologist Mike Haddad says strong storms with heavy rain are possible Thursday.

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ABC7 New YorkNews report · Aug 27, 12:25 AM

NYC issues travel advisory for rain and thunderstorms Thursday

Periods of rain and thunderstorms could produce localized heavy rainfall and damaging winds on Thursday.

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KTRK / ABC13 HoustonNews report · Aug 26, 11:20 PM

Much-needed rain showers possible for Thursday morning commute

Two rounds of scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Thursday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

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Aug 26, 11:20 PM: KTRK / ABC13 Houston joined the source map.

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Aug 27, 1:48 AM: WMUR9 (Hearst, Manchester NH) joined the source map.

Aug 27, 2:30 AM: WCVB Boston (Hearst) joined the source map.

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