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Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

Overview

Low pressure moved across the region triggering storms shortly before 5 PM CDT.  Some of these storms became severe and produced two confirmed EF-0 tornadoes, as well as hail larger than tea cups (3").  One of the tornadoes lasted for nine minutes and caused minor damage to the west side of a ranch 18.4 miles NNW of Highmore.  The tornado also flattened about a half mile of corn stalks with a maximum path width of 50 yards.

 

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