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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Heat This Weekend

Severe thunderstorms today may produce damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flooding over parts of the Plains into the Missouri Valley. On Sunday, scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts are expected across the Mid-Atlantic vicinity. Hazardous heat will continue in the South, Southwest and central California this weekend building across the Pacific Northwest Sunday. Read More >

Overview

Two tornadoes occurred in south central South Dakota during the early evening of May 22, 2016.  One tornado touched down about two miles east of the Littleburg School southeast of Mission in Todd County. Eight to ten power poles were snapped at the ground and several large trees were heavily damaged. Another tornado caused damage on a ranch about ten miles southwest of Winner in Tripp County and microburst winds produced damage southeast of Colome.  
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