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Fire Weather Concerns in the Northern and Central Plains; Severe Thunderstorms in the Upper Midwest

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through Saturday, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of central Nebraska to the Upper Midwest this afternoon into tonight. Read More >

Overview

Severe thunderstorms rapidly developed from the Illinois River Valley into east central Illinois early in the afternoon on Sunday June 10, 2018. The thunderstorms started to produce wind damage in southern Tazewell County between Noon and 1 pm CDT. After 1 pm CDT, a line of thunderstorms began to form which produced wind damage in a large part of central Illinois from Bloomington through Clinton to Champaign /Urbana. Several areas of rotation on the leading edge of the line of storms developed from Bloomington/Normal to Champaign/Urbana. One of these produced two brief tornado touchdowns on the southwest edge of Champaign that damaged house roofs, and knocked down trees and power poles. Several rounds of thunderstorms produced damage in Vermilion County, The line of storms continued to produce damage from west of Decatur toward Paris before exiting the region around 4 pm.

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Photo by Melinda Emmerd
Wall cloud/rotation approaching Champaign
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