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Severe Thunderstorms Possible in the South Central U.S.; Wildfire Smoke Impacts in the North Central U.S.; Severe Space Weather

Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >

Overview

An upper level storm system tracked east across the eastern Great Plains into northern Missouri and Illinois on from Feb. 8-9, 2018, bringing widespread snow to portions of eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois. The heaviest snowfall fell along the Highway 20 corridor, where amounts of 6 to 8 inches were reported in Independence, Dubuque, and Freeport. To the south, around 2 to 5 inches fell from the Interstate 80 corridor to Highway 30.

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