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Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Overview

A line of severe thunderstorms formed across southern Minnesota and produced damaging wind along and just south of Interstate 90 in southeast Minnesota.  Wind gusts reached 60-70 mph from just southwest of Rochester, MN to near Preston, MN.

As the storms moved into far northeast Iowa and western Wisconsin they were weakening but still produced gusts of 35 to 50 mph in many locations.

In addition, additional storms formed later that same night, into the morning hours of Friday August 19th, which brought several more inches of rain to parts of the region.  Some spots received 2-5" of rain which led to additional street and flash flooding.

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Radar loop between 4-7 p.m. on August 18, 2016
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