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Wildfire Smoke and Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Monsoon Thunderstorms in the Southwest

Wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality from the Great Lakes region into New England and the Mid-Atlantic today with widespread Air Quality Alerts in effect. Severe thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, this afternoon into the evening. Monsoonal thunderstorms may bring areas of flooding to the Southwest. Read More >

Overview

Several clusters of thunderstorms erupted during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, June 28, 2017 producing heavy rain, pockets of wind damage, funnel clouds, and two very brief tornadoes.

Storms across northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin produced rainfall of 2 to 3 inches and wind gusts in the 50-80 mph range.  This not only led to river and flash flooding and pockets of wind damage.

Storms developed across southeast Minnesota in the evening hours and produced several funnel clouds. Two of these funnels touched ground briefly with only minor tree damage reported from one of them. 

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Radar loop between 4pm and 10pm on June 28th
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