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Heavy Rainfall Across the Southwest, Mid-Atlantic and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northwest and Alaska

Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia today. Recently burned areas will be particularly vulnerable to flash flooding. Gusty winds and low humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions to parts of the Northwest U.S. and central Alaska today. Read More >

Overview

Thunderstorms originating in Montana moved into the western Dakotas while organizing into a squall line and producing winds up to 70 mph.  Over time, this squall line began to bow out and generated a concentrated corridor of 80 to 100+ mph straight-line wind gusts over portions of west central to central South Dakota.

Credit: KCCR Pierre

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