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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

Severe storms moved through much of the region on the evening of June 16th, 2014, producing torrential rainfall and strong to damaging winds. The line of storms developed in southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa and drove eastward through the evening.

Some hail occurred too, with golf ball size hail reported near Strawberry Point, Iowa.

The hardest hit area was Platteville, WI where 5 injuries occurred, cars were flipped and some buildings destroyed. The storms also produced some flash flooding in portions of southeast Minnesota where 2-4 inches of rain fell in 2 hours or less.

The storms were the result of a strong flow of warm, moist air from the Gulf, a wavering west to east running frontal boundary, and a very unstable atmosphere.

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