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Prolonged Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest; Snow and High Winds in the North-Central U.S.

A prolonged atmospheric river will continue impacting the Pacific Northwest with heavy rainfall which has lead to areas of urban and river flooding along with gusty winds into Thursday. A clipper will bring heavy snow, some mixed wintry precipitation, and gusty to high winds across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes into Thursday morning. Read More >

This nicely developed storm brought strong wind and heavy rain and snow to most of the Inland Northwest on Groundhog's Day, 2 Feb 2001. These images show the storm on the afternoon of the 1st before it made landfall.

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