Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.

Severe weather and flooding threats will continue for portions of the central U.S. Rounds of heavy rainfall may cause impactful flash flooding in parts of southern Kansas and Missouri. Hot and dry conditions will fuel fire weather concerns for the Intermountain West, and dry thunderstorms may spark additional wildfires. Dangerous heat will build across the southern U.S. Friday into the weekend. Read More >

20 Year Anniversary of October 25-26 1997 Record Snowstorm

20 years ago, the Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa area was hit hard with an early-season snowstorm. Some locations received as much as 12 to 24 inches of heavy wet snow on October 25-26, 1997. Temperatures had been in the 70s and 80s the week leading up to the snowstorm and many areas had yet to have the first hard freeze of the season. Thus most trees where behind schedule on losing their leaves and the heavy wet snow took down thousands of tree limbs across the region. Consequently, falling trees knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people, cost tens of millions to clean up, and took the lives of 5 people.

This map shows this historic snowfall and some of the heaviest snow reports.

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Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.

20 Year Anniversary of 1997 Record October Snowstorm