Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >
EF0 Tornadoes confirmed near Randall, KS and near Greeley, NE |
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Funnel cloud near Greeley, NE. Photo courtesy of Tim Marquis. |
Developing tornado southeast of Randall, KS. Photo courtesy of Paula Jones. |
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Outbuilding roof removed by EF0 tornado in Jewell County Kansas on February 28, 2012. | Outbuilding displaced from foundation as a reult of an EF0 tornado in Jewell County Kansas on February 28, 2012. |
Tree split from tornado near Randall Kansas (Jewell County) on February 28, 2012. |
In addition to strong to severe thunderstorms, westerly winds became very strong behind a passing dryline and cold front from the evening of the 28th into the morning of the 29th, with widespread gusts to around 50 mph or higher. Although some of these gusts were directly associated with nearby thunderstorm activity, most were not, and occurred well after storms moved off to the east. One of the strongest measured gusts was 63 mph at the Phillipsburg KS airport during the evening (see peak gusts listed below).