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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Weather

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through this weekend, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible from the Plains into the Upper Midwest, as well as in the Ohio Valley and portions of the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend. Read More >

Overview

During the evening hours of August 5th, a line of thunderstorms moved through portions of southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin, producing pockets of wind damage along its track. Most notably, an embedded supercell tracked from far south-central Minnesota into northeast Iowa after sunset. This storm produced numerous circulations on radar along with at least five documented tornadoes along a swath from Mower County, MN to Allamakee County, IA. Additionally, heavy rainfall across the region produced localized flooding with rainfall reports of 1-2"--locally higher in spots.

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 Radar reflectivity animation of the storm complex as it moved through the region with tornado (red) and severe thunderstorm (yellow) watches and warnings. Watches are the large boxes while warnings are the smaller polygons.
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