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Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

A series of storms affected the forecast area the week of Thanksgiving. The first snowstorm to move through the area begin in the evening on Monday November 25, 2019 across western Nebraska. Snow continued into Tuesday spreading eastward across the state. A good portion of southwest, western and north central Nebraska saw significant snowfall.

 

A second system moved through the area on Thanksgiving day and brought areas of light freezing drizzle and light snowfall accumulations. Areas of light freezing drizzle and fog were mostly seen across portions of southwest Nebraska while areas of light snow mixed with freezing drizzle at times were across north central, central into north eastern Nebraska.

 

A third and final storm system for the week of Thanksgiving moved through the area Friday morning through Saturday night. This system brought blizzard conditions across northern Nebraska along with high winds across portions of southwest and north central Nebraska.