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Heavy Rainfall in Southern California and in the Southern Plains; Heavy Snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Rockies

A Pacific storm will bring coastal/lower elevation heavy to excessive rainfall to southern California and the Southern Rockies today, with localized flash flooding possible, especially near recent burn scars. Heavy snow is forecast over parts of the Sierra Nevada Mountains today and over the Northern Rockies on Wednesday. Several inches of snowfall accumulation is possible. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 8:12:30 am CDT

Severe weather potential looks to increase Friday night and into Saturday across parts of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas, with Saturday featuring the best chance to see large hail, damaging winds, and depending on how the ingredients come together, tornadoes. Expect details to change as we get closer to Saturday. Keep checking forecasts throughout this week and take some time to dust off your severe weather safety plan - just in case.
The weather pattern for the next 7 days will support unseasonably warm temperatures through the work week. Showers and thunderstorm chances return Friday night through Saturday night with potential for strong to severe storms.
The warm pattern likely continues into early next week with chances favoring above normal temperatures area wide. Rainfall amounts slightly favor above normal for mid October.
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