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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

A scattered line of severe thunderstorms developed across parts of southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa early Friday evening. These storms continued through the evening hours and produced large hail to the size of golf balls, along with damaging winds to 70 mph across parts of the area. The majority of the storm damage was confined to areas south of Interstate 90 in far southern Minnesota and parts of northwest Iowa around the Lake Okoboji area.
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