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Tracking Atmospheric River for California; Record Temperatures Further East

An atmospheric river will bring gusty to high winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to California today through Saturday. Heavy snow will be possible over the Sierra Nevada mountains into Friday associated with this atmospheric river. East of these impacts dozens of record high maximum and high minimum temperatures may be broken or tied today and Friday. Read More >

Overview

After a couple days of spotty heavy rain from thunderstorms, the area was hit harder on Saturday, June 9th from a large, dangerous storm that moved into northern Iowa, followed by lines and waves of strong to severe thunderstorms.

Some of the initial storms produced large hail and damaging wind. These had a tornado threat with them. Then storms transitioned more into strong wind producers and dropped very heavy rain over parts of the region.

The hardest hit areas were from far southern Minnesota, across northeast Iowa, into southwest Wisconsin. Rainfall totals exceeded 6 inches in some communities and many rivers rose to flood levels.

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3-day Rainfall Totals (June 8-10)
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