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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

Two rounds of light to moderate precipitation moved across the area from early in the morning of February 19th through the morning of February 20th. The first round on Monday, February 19th brought light accumulations of freezing drizzle from eastern Nebraska, through northwest Iowa into southern Minnesota. The second round of precipitation produced widespread snowfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches across southeast South Dakota and southwest Minnesota Monday night into Tuesday morning.

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