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Powerful Winter Storm from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast; Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Ohio Valley

A rapidly-intensifying storm is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions, and icing from the Upper Midwest through the Great Lakes and Northeast. Scattered severe thunderstorms may produce severe/damaging wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes across parts of the Midwest and lower Ohio Valley through the evening. Arctic air will expand across the central and southern U.S.. Read More >

Overview

Several rounds of severe weather impacted the area on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

The first round of storms produced large hail (up to ping pong ball size) in southeast Minnesota between 12:24 - 1:54 PM.

Other rounds of severe weather occurred from late afternoon through the late evening hours. These later storms led to various reports of hail, damaging winds, urban flooding in La Crosse and Winona, and a brief EF0 tornado in the Town of Wells, just southeast of Sparta, WI. 

 

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La Crosse area radar animation between 7:48-8:46 PM
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