Prolonged Atmospheric River Will Impact the Northwest Early this Week

A weather system in the Pacific Northwest will produce rain throughout the day, before a potent atmospheric river produces a prolonged round of heavy rainfall, widespread urban and river flooding, and high elevation snow to the region Monday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms may produce isolated damaging winds, a brief tornado, and locally heavy rainfall across parts of Florida today. Read More >

Additional Information About Storm Reports Received Can Be Viewed Here.

Tornado Surveys Completed
(Click on an entry in the 1st column to see an official storm survey summary and under the last column for more detailed tornado track location/data)

Counties Affected	EF Scale/Max Wind Speed (mph)	Injuries/ Fatalities	Path Length (Miles)	Path Width (Yards)	Starting Lat/.Long	Ending Lat/.Long	Track Images/Files
Lincoln/Moore Counties	EF-1 105 MPH	0/0	6.80	400	35.2169 /-86.4448	35.2669 /-86.3351	KMZ - Points

White circle in images above indicates approximate location of the tornado.

One to two inches of rainfall also fell as the strong to severe storms rolled from west to east across northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee. Below is an image of rainfall totals from 7 am on Thursday (April 18th) through 7 am Friday (April 19th). Most of the heavier rainfall fell in a short 2 to 4 hour period.

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Prolonged Atmospheric River Will Impact the Northwest Early this Week

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