Snow Squalls in the Northeast U.S. on Thursday; Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast

An arctic cold front will move through the Great Lakes and Northeast on Thursday, bringing moderate to heavy snow, strong winds, and possible whiteout conditions through Thursday afternoon. A storm system interacting with Gulf moisture will bring moderate to heavy rainfall to the western and central Gulf Coast on Thursday. Isolated instances of flash flooding will be possible. Read More >

On the afternoon and evening of May 6th numerous thunderstorms spawned tornadoes across portions of north central KS and south central NE. Over 24 tornadoes were surveyed in these areas with the highest rating of EF3 near Munden, KS. In fact, 6 tornadoes tracked through Republic County in about a 3 hour period. A few of the thunderstorms continued eastward into the evening after sunset producing weaker tornadoes.

At one point in the event there were 4 tornadoes on the ground nearly simultaneously as seen in this radar image below.

Tornado near Scandia, KS.

Damage in Republic County.

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Snow Squalls in the Northeast U.S. on Thursday; Heavy Rain Along the Gulf Coast

May 6, 2015 Tornado Outbreak