Excessive Rainfall Possible This Weekend; October Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across the northern Gulf Coast and Southeast U.S. through this weekend. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will impact southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley into next week. Read More >

Overview

Thunderstorms developed across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon of April 24, 2016. These storms brought large hail and damaging winds to portions of northwestern Iowa. The largest hail reported was golf ball size near Correctionville, Iowa. Locally heavy rain also fell in part of southeastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. Around Sioux Falls, South Dakota, almost 2 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours.