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Weekend Showers and Thunderstorms Over the Southeast U.S.

A slow moving storm system over the northern Gulf Coast will continue periods of showers and thunderstorms over much of the Southeast U.S. through this weekend. The risk for heavy to excessive rainfall increases on Sunday as a surge of increased moisture moves over parts of northern Florida into southern Georgia. Read More >

Overview

An active pattern set up across South Dakota from August 9th-11th, in which round after round of severe storms and heavy rain developed and moved east. The last round in this series developed in a very moisture-laden environment across eastern South Dakota on Thursday evening, August 11th, and produced very heavy rainfall primarily across Clark, Codington, Hamlin, and Deuel counties. Flooding resulted, with Watertown, SD being among the hardest hit.

 

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