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Weather Impacts for the Pacific Northwest This Week; Watching the Northeast U.S.

A series of Pacific fronts will bring periods of moderate rain, higher elevation snow, and gusty winds to the Pacific Northwest through this week. A more widespread precipitation event looks likely this weekend. In the Northeast U.S. a storm may bring gusty winds, low elevation rain, and high elevation snow Friday into this coming weekend. Read More >

Overview

Severe storms across the southwest formed into a line and pushed east across south central and southeastern North Dakota for round one. The worst damage came occurred in Killdeer where golf ball to 3 inch diameter hail and 75 mph winds caused widespread damage, ripping siding from homes and shattering windows. Round two had several storms move northeast out of South Dakota while the line of storms moved through the James River Valley. These storms produced tennis ball sized hail in Bucyrus to 2 inch hail in Linton along with high winds. Both rounds of storms brought torrential rainfall with totals as high as 4.19 inches 4 miles west of Westfield. Street flooding occurred in Bismarck, Dickinson, and Jamestown from the intense rain. 

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