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Critical Fire Weather and Severe Thunderstorm Threats This Week

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will contribute to critical fire weather Monday over parts of the central and southern High Plains. Scattered to widespread severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes Monday through Thursday over the lower Mississippi River Valley and southern Plains into the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Read More >

The judges have spoken. They have selected the 2023 Meteorological Summer Photography Contest winner.

Photographer: David Porter
Location: Sundance, WY
Date: July 11, 2023

Congratulations to David! We received 8 valid entries - THANK YOU. The judges were very impressed. They said it was hard choosing the winner. Northeastern Wyoming and western South Dakota residents had plenty of furious natural events to capture this summer. The photographs depicted this fact most excellently.

David, we’ll be featuring your image on our social media and web pages for a few weeks. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with our social media community.

Courtesy Desirae Airheart, Hot Springs, SD January 23, 2023