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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

Thunderstorms developed across the region during the afternoon hours. Some of these were accompanied by damaging winds (64 mph at Murray, KY airport), large  hail, and torrential rainfall leading to some flooding, particularly in urban areas and flood prone locations. A second round of storms occurred during the evening hours. Supercells developed over southeast Missouri and produced large hail up to at least ping pong ball size (Scott City, MO) along with damaging winds approaching 70 mph (Poplar Bluff, MO).

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