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Nice weather through this evening. Humid with showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon/evening.

WCVB Boston (Hearst) and WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Nice weather through this evening. Humid with showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon/evening.
The headline split WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) frames it as "Nice weather through this evening. Humid with showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoo...". WTAE Pittsburgh (Hearst) frames it as "Pittsburgh: Isolated showers Thursday".
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CenterNice weather through this evening. Humid with showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon/evening.

WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) · Center · News report

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WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven)News report · Aug 26, 8:14 PM

Nice weather through this evening. Humid with showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon/evening.

Wonderful Wednesday with the almost Full "Sturgeon" Moon tonight. More clouds/more humid on Thursday with showers and a few locally severe thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Thursd...

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WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro)News report · Aug 26, 9:40 PM

Weather Impact: Isolated downpours this evening, better chances for Thursday and Friday

Isolated storms on Wednesday may turn heavier and more widely scattered on Thursday & Friday.

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WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster)News report · Aug 26, 9:01 PM

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

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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WCVB Boston (Hearst)News report · Aug 26, 8:34 PM

Video: Humid Thursday with afternoon storms

Thursday stays humid with afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible across the Boston area.

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Aug 26, 8:14 PM: WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) joined the source map.

Aug 26, 8:28 PM: WTAE Pittsburgh (Hearst) joined the source map.

Aug 26, 8:34 PM: WCVB Boston (Hearst) joined the source map.

Aug 26, 9:01 PM: WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 5 sources · 1 bucket.