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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

Overview

Thunderstorms developed across northeast Colorado Saturday afternoon, September 17, 2016. As the storms moved east, they produced reports of hail, severe winds to 66 mph, and a few tornadoes. At least 3 landspout tornadoes were observed near the Colorado border. The first two occurred around Cheyenne Wells, Colorado in Cheyenne County Colorado. The third tornado occurred south of Weskan in Wallace County, Kansas.

 

 

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