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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

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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