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Rare Southern U.S. Winter Storm; Dangerous Cold Weather For Much of the Eastern U.S.; Critical Fire Weather for Southern California

A rare winter storm impacting the Southern U.S. will move offshore Wednesday morning. Behind the storm, arctic air will continue encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the Nation with only a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical fire weather conditions in southern California into Thursday. Read More >

Overview

Numerous thunderstorms developed in a very favorable environment during the early evening across northern South Dakota on Friday, July 21st. These storms moved southeastward over the course of the night, all the while producing torrential downpours with rainfall amounts over 2" in some cases, as well as severe weather in the form of damaging winds and large hail. Spink County was hit especially hard when a supercell produced up to 80 mph winds in and around Redfield and Tulare.
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