Strong to Severe Storms in the Upper Midwest; Bering Sea Low Continues to Impact Southwest Alaska

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday across central and eastern Minnesota, Iowa, and western Wisconsin. A few tornadoes, isolated very large hail, and damaging winds may occur. In southwest Alaska, a Bering Sea low continues to cause strong winds, significant rainfall, and high seas, with further impacts expected Friday into the weekend from a North Pacific storm. Read More >

Hastings National Weather Service Radar, KUEX, has returned to normal operations after being down for a day and a half (April 27-28, 2011) due to the replacement of two radome panels. The photographs below illustrate views from the KUEX radar near Blue Hill, NE, and show the crew working on replacing the radome panels.


Looking down from the radar dome.	View of the radar dish antenna.	Looking out across the landscape (southwest).

The town of Blue Hill from the radar (northwest).	Landscape view from the radar (northeast).	Crew replacing a radome panel.

One radome panel removed.	Crew replacing a radome panel.	Crew working on radome panel.