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Severe Thunderstorms Possible in the South Central U.S.; Wildfire Smoke Impacts in the North Central U.S.; Severe Space Weather

Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >

Overview

A strong Spring storm system moved from central South Dakota into the lower Ohio River Valley by Saturday evening. Precipitation began as all rain across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri before drier air moving into the region caused the rain to mix with and change over to all snow Saturday morning and into the afternoon along the Highway 20 corridor in Iowa and Illinois. Snowfall amounts in general ranged from 2 to 5 inches with isolated reports of 6 to 7 inches in Jo Daviess and Stephenson Counties.

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