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Tracking Atmospheric River for the West Coast; Space Weather Storming Continues

An atmospheric river will bring threats of gusty to high winds and heavy rainfall to California mainly Thursday into Saturday which may bring areas of flooding and wind damage. Heavy snow will be possible over the Sierra Nevada mountains Thursday into Friday associated with the atmospheric river. Minor to severe geomagnetic storming (space weather) is expected to continue into early Thursday. Read More >

An F2 tornado formed by the Priest River, damaging several barns and uprooting 20 trees. Downdraft winds cleared 3 acres of trees by Sagle. Marble-sized hail fell in Sandpoint.