Heavy Rain Continues in South-central Texas; Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will maintain the threat of flash/urban flooding across southern and central Texas today and the Central Gulf Coast and Southeast through the weekend. Abnormally, potentially record-breaking temperatures will impact southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley through 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.