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Prolonged Atmospheric River Will Impact the Northwest Early this Week

A weather system in the Pacific Northwest will produce rain throughout the day, before a potent atmospheric river produces a prolonged round of heavy rainfall, widespread urban and river flooding, and high elevation snow to the region Monday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms may produce isolated damaging winds, a brief tornado, and locally heavy rainfall across parts of Florida today. Read More >

A supercell thunderstorm produced a total of five tornadoes in portions of Stanton, Cuming, and Wayne Counties, four of which were rated as violent (EF-4) on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The tornadoes resulted in 2 fatalities, several injuries, and millions of dollars in damage.

The full event summary can be found here.