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Critical to Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Southern Plains; Heavy Snow in the Northern Rockies

Gusty winds and very dry conditions will lead to a critical to extremely critical fire weather threat over portions of the Central and Southern Plains Thursday. Critical fire weather continues through Friday. Moderate to heavy mountain snow and strong winds will expand into the Northern Rockies Thursday, then into Colorado by Friday. Up to a foot of snow accumulation is possible. Read More >

Overview

A line of thunderstorms formed over western New York along a strong cold front during the afternoon of May 4th. The storms moved eastward across eastern New York and western New England between 6:30 and 10 pm, resulting in numerous reports of trees and wires down. Wind gusts up to 61 mph were observed, though they were likely higher in some spots. A few concentrated swaths of wind damage, possibly associated with microbursts, occurred in Johnstown, NY (Fulton County) and Cambridge, NY (Washington County). Several large trees were down on houses and cars in these areas. Over 100,000 people lost power during the event.
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