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

First widespread severe weather episode of the 2019 storm season came on April 17th. Storms developed during the early evening hours along a slow moving cold front. Hail larger than golf ball size along with damaging winds were reported. In addition, many locations picked up heavy rainfall. Last but not least, a couple brief landspout type tornadoes occurred.

2 inch diameter hail that fell in Howard KS. Picture by Jenifer Clatt.

Photos & Video

Photos & Video

A couple images of the landspout tornado near Wellington Kansas earlier this evening. #kswx #tornado #landspout @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/SPY5vvjXIO
— Brandon Ivey (@BrandonIveyWX) April 18, 2019

Saw this landspout tornado at about 7:15 north of Wellington @nwswichita pic.twitter.com/WhxcoDXYaS
— Erik Treon (@treon_erik) April 18, 2019

Brief tornado/gustnado along leading edge of storm near Eureka about 7 minutes ago. @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/Km94xFzjxn
— Jordan (@JReber16) April 18, 2019

Hail from storm earlier in Hamilton courtesy of J. Linden #kswx pic.twitter.com/SDeNa5sxJJ
— Greenwood County Emergency Management (@gwcountyem) April 18, 2019

Approaching severe storm looking south from 2 miles east of Derby. #kswx #lightning @JayPraterCBM @CatTaylorKAKE pic.twitter.com/qJAYLa30C1
— Tony Laubach (@laubacht) April 18, 2019

Infrared satellite loop of storms firing up across the southern Plains tonight â›ˆ #KSwx #OKwx #TXwx pic.twitter.com/bhnSckRB0b
— Collin Gross (@CollinGrossWx) April 18, 2019

Chad from Conway Springs had the right idea! He ducked inside a car wash while the hail rolled through. Thank you for sending to @KSNNews. Chief Meteorologist @LisaTeachman and @TJSpringerWx are continuing to track severe storms. Tune in at 10. #kswx pic.twitter.com/9gUTKeIWJR
— Emily Younger (@EmilyYoungerKSN) April 18, 2019

Wow! This is a look at the hail coming down about one mile south of Conway Springs. Thank you Ellen Kerr for sending this video to @KSNNews. Please be safe and stay with @LisaTeachman for updates. #kswx pic.twitter.com/MfVVr9I5Rf
— Emily Younger (@EmilyYoungerKSN) April 18, 2019