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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

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through portions of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the evening of May 6th, 2024. Four tornadoes were reported; three of which were rated EF-1, and one EF-0. Notably, one of these tornadoes tracked approximately one mile southeast of an EF-3 tornado that occurred near Minden, IA, just 10 days earlier on April 26th. Other severe weather reports included damaging straight-line wind gusts up 71 mph and hail up to 1.5" in diameter.

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Base reflectivity radar loop of the strong to severe storms that moved through eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the evening hours of May 6th, 2024.
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