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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

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted portions of southeast Kansas and Missouri Ozarks between May 6th to 8th, 2024. The first round occurred late Monday night of May 6th into the early morning hours of Tuesday morning May 7th as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area. This line of thunderstorms produced straight wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph in addition to five tornadoes (2 EF-1 and 3 EF-0). Additional severe thunderstorms moved through the area on Wednesday May 8th. This round of severe thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and one EF-1 tornado. Large hail sizes included a swath across southwest Missouri of baseballs (2.75 inches) to softballs (4.00 inches). Lastly, localized flash flooding accompanied this active three day stretch of severe weather.
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