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Live Severe Weather Coverage: Tracking dangerous squall line across Michigan

Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph, large hail and a tornado threat are all wrapped up into Thursday night's storm system.

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What happened Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph, large hail and a tornado threat are all wrapped up into Thursday night's storm system.
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Left / center-leftSevere weather pummels several states across Midwest

NBC News - US News · Center-left · News report

CenterLive Severe Weather Coverage: Tracking dangerous squall line across Michigan

The Grand Rapids Press (MLive) · Center · News report

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The Grand Rapids Press (MLive)News report · Jun 11, 11:52 PM

Live Severe Weather Coverage: Tracking dangerous squall line across Michigan

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Damaging winds in excess of 70 mph, large hail and a tornado threat are all wrapped up into Thursday night's storm system.

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NBC News - US NewsNews report · Jun 11, 11:21 PM

Severe weather pummels several states across Midwest

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We’re tracking a string of tornadoes tearing across the Midwest where the severe weather has already killed at least one person in Iowa. NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster has the latest on the a...

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SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Jun 11, 11:21 PM: NBC News - US News joined the source map.

Jun 11, 11:52 PM: The Grand Rapids Press (MLive) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is needs review · outlier detected.