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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

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High Winds Found Tuesday April 5th

Strong winds were found across much of the area on Tuesday, April 5th as a cold front pushed across the region. The highest winds were found across portions of the Cody Foothills and across Johnson county. A High Wind Warning was in effect for the these two areas to account for this very strong winds during the day and evening Tuesday, with wind gusts over 60 MPH recorded. Many other areas saw wind gusts of 40 to 50+ MPH. Check out the details below for all the wind gusts over 40 MPH, or click here.

 

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24 Hour Peak Wind Gusts - Ending at 2:21 AM on Wednesday Morning April 6th, scroll below or click here for more details


  

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