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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 supercell thunderstorm moved from Kingsbury County in South Dakota to O'Brien County in northwestern Iowa. The storm produced a swath of quarter size to baseball size hail. The largest hail was around Magnolia and Adrian in southwestern Minnesota. A few damaging wind gusts were also reported with a gust of 73 mph in Luverne, Minnesota.

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Image of supercell thunderstorm east of Luverne, Minnesota. The photo was taken from Arrowhead Park in Sioux Falls by an NWS employee.
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