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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 significant late winter/early spring winter storm impacted during the second week of April. The strong low pressure system brought snow amounts measured in feet to areas of central into northeast South Dakota. Significant freezing rain and icing was observed in portions of southeast South Dakota, southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa. Additionally, thunderstorms produced small hail and plentiful lightning to some areas. Strong winds during the event resulted in blizzard conditions in areas that received the heavy snow and numerous power outages in areas that received icing. 

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Snowfall Totals from April 10-12th, 2019
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