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Another Round of Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow in California; Snow in the Great Lakes and Northeast

Another round of heavy rainfall will renew concerns for additional flash flooding and landslides in southern California around burn scars and coastal mountain ranges. A low pressure system is bringing enhanced snowfall downwind from the lower Great Lakes into the Northeast mountain ranges. Above average temperatures will challenge or break daily record high temperatures across the southern Plains. Read More >

February 2, 1998 Doppler Radar Images

Doppler radar Dade County storms

This radar velocity image was taken from the Miami (KAMX) Doppler radarpar at 8:29 pm February 2, 1998 at about the time a tornado was moving north northeastpar through the Hialeah-Opa Locka-Carol City area in north Dade county. The main tornadopar had split into three or four separate vorteces, and the distinctive TVS signature waspar not apparent. Note a well-defined area of winds greater than 58 knots surrounded by anpar extensive area of +50 knot winds.