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Lead Meteorologist · Director of Partnerships & Growth
Dave Downey is the Lead Meteorologist at Flash Weather and its Director of Partnerships & Growth.
He is the on-camera face of Flash videos and Flash Weather Network livestreams, including the Weather Command Center tour, and a contributor to McClatchy, which publishes Flash-powered weather content across its local news titles.
When Flash launched Predictive Hail, he told Insurance Innovation Reporter why he trusts the model after a month in beta.
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A Violent Week of Weather: Three Dead in the Midwest, a Near Miss in Ohio
From shelf clouds in Chicago to widespread severe storm damage and lightning strikes in Ohio, August is off to a fast start.
Dave Downey · · 4 min read
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Lightning Strikes
From shelf clouds in Chicago to widespread severe storm damage and lightning strikes in Ohio, August is off to a fast start.
Published 12 Aug 2026
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