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Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place much of this week across parts of California and the interior Northwest U.S. A blast of cold air will drop across the central and eastern U.S. later this week bringing below to well below normal temperatures. Read More >

Overview

A unique and rare weather pattern characterized by persistent low pressure over the Desert Southwest lead to multiple days of widespread heavy rain for the combined Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. The heavy rain was mainly due to the fact that the atmosphere was relatively warm and very moist, with total atmospheric moisture above the 90th percentile to near daily max values with subtropical moisture being pumped into the area. There was also some severe weather, but hail sizes rarely were above the size of quarters and damaging wind reports were not common. The flooding reports were numerous, however. Many of the area rivers and creeks were approaching record levels, and many locations were impacts by flash flooding as well.

 

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