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Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains, Ozarks, and Upper Midwest Thursday

Heavy thunderstorms will continue areas of excessive rainfall and locally considerable flooding over parts of the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi River Valley through Friday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flash and urban flooding, along with isolated riverine flooding to a part of the Upper Midwest Thursday. Read More >

Weather History - April 24th

Local and Regional Events:

April 24th, 1948:

A significant F2 tornado moved northeast from South of Castlewood to near Goodwin. Two farms' barns were destroyed. Also, two other tornadoes were observed in South Dakota on this day. One moved from Turner County on into Minnehaha County, injuring two people. The other touchdown was three miles southeast of Sioux Falls, destroying barns and other buildings on the west edge of Brandon.