Pacific Storm Moves Inland; Clipper System for the Northeast; Strong Storm Impacting Alaska

In Alaska, a powerful storm will bring dangerous seas, blizzard conditions, strong winds and bitterly cold across the state through mid-week. Meanwhile, Pacific storm will move inland across California with lower elevation rain and accumulating mountain snow; Strong winds will affect the central Great Basin. A clipper system to bring snow and gusty winds for the Northeast corridor into Wednesday. Read More >

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Weather History - May 23rd

May 23rd, 1989:

A complex of thunderstorms moved from southwest Minnesota through Iowa. One small tornado touched down briefly in Lyon County. But the main story with this complex was high winds and hail. Baseball-sized hail fell north of George in Lyon County. Also, two-inch hail occurred in Sac County in Schaller and Odebolt, and golf-ball-sized hail fell in Caroll, Iowa. The hail caused damage to vehicles, trees, and roofs. Thunderstorm winds of 60 miles an hour were also common across all of northwest Iowa with these storms.

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Pacific Storm Moves Inland; Clipper System for the Northeast; Strong Storm Impacting Alaska

This Day in Weather History: May 23rd