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

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. Air Quality Alerts have been issued. 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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