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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Today in the Central U.S.

A storm system will track from the southern Plains to the Upper Midwest today. Severe thunderstorms are expected from east Texas into far southeast Iowa and Illinois. A strong tornado and damaging wind potential will exist from central Arkansas into central Missouri. Heavy to excessive rainfall from eastern Texas into the Midwest states may bring new or renewed areas of flooding. Read More >

Winter Storm of March 31, 2018

 

A potent and fast-moving winter storm impacted the western Great Lakes on March 31st dropping a swath of 7 to 10 inches from central Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and southern Upper Michigan. The snow came down very heavily, with snow falling at rates 1 to 2 inches per hour.  In Norway, MI, our CO-OP observer measured 2.7 inches of snow in one hour at peak intensity!

 

 

 

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Regional mid-level water vapor (e.g. moisture, shaded) and surface pressure (black lines) from 3 AM EDT to 2 PM EDT, March 31, 2018. 

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