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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Thunderstorms through the Weekend

Dry and windy conditions, and some dry thunderstorms and lightning, may support hazardous fire activity in the northern Plains, high southern Plains and the Southwest this weekend. An active severe weather pattern is forecast for portions of the central and southern High Plains into the Upper Midwest through early the part of next week. Damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes are possible. Read More >

Overview

A line of showers and thunderstorms raced across the forecast area during the afternoon and early evening hours on August 29th, 2022. Numerous reports of wind damage were received as the main line of thunderstorms tracked from west to east across the area between 2 PM EDT and 6 PM EDT.  Severe reports were received of downed trees, along with some instances of trees downed onto cars or houses.  Additional storms redeveloped on the evening of August 29th, but these storms were mainly sub-severe in nature.  We would like to thank everyone who submitted reports and pictures for this event!
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