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Severe Weather and Heavy Rainfall Potential for the Plains; Coastal Low Across the mid-Atlantic

An upper trough and frontal boundary will focus showers and thunderstorms across portions of the Plains through early Monday; A few severe thunderstorms along with heavy rainfall are expected. Meanwhile, low pressure off the Southeast Coast will bring inclement weather across the mid-Atlantic coast through Monday. This system is forecast to meander off the coast then track inland early this week. Read More >

Overview

Several storms that developed across west central Wisconsin during the late afternoon, and early evening of July 4th, 2019, produced an EF0 tornado south of Bruce, Wisconsin. Numerous trees were blown down or uprooted. Some of the trees fell on lake cabins. 

The radar loop shows Radar Reflectivity (left) and Storm Relative Velocity (right) in 2 minute increments from 522 PM to 6:11 PM. The red area indicates outbound velocity, and green indicates inbound velocity (circulation, but at 12,000 feet above the surface) At times you can also see circulations in the velocity, which indicate rotating updrafts.