Lewisburg, Tennessee · Friday, July 30, 2010
[Nameplate] Fair ~ 79°F  
High: 93°F ~ Low: 71°F
Bank robbery attempted
By Clint Confehr and Karen Hall, Staff Writers ~ 07/30/10
BELFAST - Attempted bank robbery and car theft investigations were underway Wednesday afternoon when a Marshall County Sheriff's investigator reported a stolen Ford Mustang - apparently the getaway car - had been recovered. "A man on foot went up to the bank" in this unincorporated community between Lewisburg and Petersburg, Sheriff Les Helton said that afternoon. "He attempted to get in, and he drove away, and within a two mile radius, he abandoned his car."...
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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Lewisburg, Tennessee:

Today
Isolated T-storms
High: 93
Tonight
T-storms
Low: 71
Tomorrow
T-storms
High: 94
Low: 73
Sunday
Partly Sunny
High: 96
Low: 74
Monday
Partly Sunny
High: 95
Low: 74
Tuesday
Hot
High: 97
Low: 74
Wednesday
Isolated T-storms
High: 97
Low: 74
Thursday
Isolated T-storms
High: 95

Warnings
No watches or warnings currently in effect for the Lewisburg, Tennessee, area

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Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

Mag.WhenWhere
2.107/30 04:5010 mi NNE of Plumerville, AR
1.607/28 16:242 mi ENE of Guy, AR
1.207/28 09:093 mi NE of Guy, AR
2.907/25 23:598 mi SSE of Arcadia, OK
1.907/25 09:383 mi S of Rose Bud, AR
2.207/24 22:481 mi WNW of Gassaway, WV
1.907/24 04:436 mi S of Quitman, AR
2.407/24 04:159 mi WSW of Gassaway, WV
1.307/24 02:338 mi NW of Tiptonville, TN
1.407/24 01:513 mi NE of Guy, AR
2.007/22 21:053 mi NE of Guy, AR
1.907/22 17:013 mi NE of Guy, AR