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Major Storm System to Bring Widespread Impacts through Midweek

Extremely critical and dangerous fire weather conditions will develop over south-central Texas, including the San Antonio and Austin metros, Tuesday with strong winds and very dry conditions. Heavy snow and strong winds will impact the central High Plains and upper Midwest through Wednesday, with periods of blizzard conditions likely. Read More >

Overview

A severe thunderstorm complex packing damaging straight-line winds swept across northern Minnesota on July 5, 2016, beginning in the afternoon and ending late in the evening. Damage from the severe thunderstorm winds were reported all along the path of the storm, but the hardest hit areas were Deer River in Itasca County and the Island Lake area just north of Duluth. A private weather station in Normana Township north of Duluth recorded a 71 mph wind gust.

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