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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 warm front lifted northward into the area Friday, May 24, sparking some thunderstorms in the morning/early afternoon time frame and again in the early evening.  Two tornadoes were occurred in McDonough County during the early afternoon.  Towards evening, another tornadic storm developed, producing two tornados. The first in Johnson County just southwest of Iowa City, and the second in Cedar County just north of West Branch.

 

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