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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

Scattered thunderstorms which developed along a frontal boundary stretched across portions of northwestern Iowa and southwestern Minnesota produced a wide array of severe weather during the evening of the 23rd of May.

As these storms formed, they were capable of producing very weak landspout tornadoes, one of which briefly touched down near the city of Hospers, IA. However, as they continued to grow, the tornado risk diminished and reports of large hail up to ping pong ball size and damaging winds were received.  Due to the steady northeastward movement of these storms along a front in the area, heavy rainfall was reported in many areas.  By Tuesday morning, rainfall totals were as high as 2 to 4 inches in some locations. 


 

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Radar from Tuesday May 23rd
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