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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

Overview

A line of showers and isolated thunderstorms moved into central Wisconsin Friday night into Saturday along a slow-moving cold front. An initial 1 to 3 inches of rain fell Friday night, followed by another 1 to 2 inches on Saturday.

As the cold front reached eastern Wisconsin Saturday afternoon, thunderstorms intensified with 3 tornadoes touching down over Winnebago County.  One of these tornadoes was over Lake Butte des Morts and another was over Lake Winnebago.

 

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