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Severe Space Weather; Severe Weather and Heavy Rain across the Plains on Monday

Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday. Heavy rain potential will pose a flooding threat across areas of central to southern Florida over the next few days. On Monday, scattered severe thunderstorms may produce severe gusts, large hail, and heavy rain across portions of the central and southern High Plains into the northern Great Plains. Read More >

Overview

From the late afternoon of January 13 through January 14, 2021, a powerful low pressure system brought very strong winds to western and central North Dakota. The strongest observed wind gust was 93 mph at the Williston Basin Airport. There were many reports of property and tree damage, along with a few power outages. This event will go down as one of the worst non-thunderstorm wind events in recent memory.

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Highest wind gusts observed as of 1 PM CST on Thursday, January 14th. Colors are interpolated between observations.