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Winter Hazards Across the North; Heavy Rainfall Across the Gulf Coast; Severe Weather Outlook

Moisture across the northern Plains, upper Great Lakes into northern New England will likely bring a period of snow, sleet and freezing rain through this weekend. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall continues along the Gulf Coast with areas of flooding. Fire weather conditions continue for the areas of the Plains, southern Appalachians into portions of Florida. Severe thunderstorm potential increasing. Read More >

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Mid-afternoon on August 13th, a supercell spawned a tornado southeast of Ramah.   The tornado lasted from 4:16 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. and the path length was approximately 1 1/3 miles.  The tornado damage rating was EF1.

Storm Chasers Dann Cianca and Michael Carlson were on the storm and took photographs and video of the developing storm.  They also conducted a damage survey of the area.  Many thanks to Dann and Michael.

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