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Fire Weather Issues; Pacific System Moving Inland

Dry fuels, strong winds and dry weather will continue to bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to the areas of the Plains, Midwest and Southeast today. A Pacific storm system will bring low elevation rain and heavy high elevation mountain snow to California through early week, expanding into the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and southern California on Tuesday. Read More >

Overview

Thunderstorms developed over southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming in the mid-afternoon, then quickly become severe as they tracked southeast through the northern Black Hills, Rapid City, the Badlands, and areas within and east of the Pine Ridge Reservation. Very large hail bigger than baseballs and severe wind gusts in excess of 80 mph occurred, along with a couple tornadoes.


View of storm looking west from Skyline Drive in Rapid City, courtesy of David Stradling
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