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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Along the Central Gulf Coast; Pacific Storm in the Northwest

Showers and thunderstorms pose a risk for a couple of tornadoes, occasional damaging gusts, and some scattered flash flooding along the central Gulf Coast. A Pacific storm system continues to bring gusty winds, lower elevation rain, and hazardous mountain snow to the northwestern U.S.. Read More >

Overview

A powerful spring storm brought a combination of rain, heavy snow, strong winds and a few thunderstorms to the region, mainly during the afternoon and evening of March 19, 2025.

Precipitation initially began as rain before transitioning to wet, heavy snow as temperatures cooled. A narrow band of 6 to 9 inch snow amounts occurred from central through northeast Wisconsin, with a sharp drop off in snow amounts northwest of this band. A slower transition from rain to snow occurred across east-central Wisconsin as well which limited snow amounts in this area.

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