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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Friday

Severe thunderstorms capable of large hail and damaging wind gusts appear possible over the central and southern High Plains and eastern Kansas into Missouri Friday afternoon and evening. Rounds of storms Friday ahead of a slow moving frontal boundary will bring locally heavy rainfall and scattered flash flooding potential to the Mid-Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Valleys, and the Appalachians. Read More >

A strong weather system moved into the Sandhills and southwest Nebraska the night of Saturday, March 31, and left accumulating snow for Easter morning, Sunday, April 1. The axis of heaviest snowfall generally lies near I-80 from the panhandle into south central Nebraska. North Platte received Easter snow for the first time since 2004 and the second highest snowfall on Easter since 1874 with 2.8" (storm total including snow before midnight was 4.4"). The record Easter snowfall is 12", set March 29, 1891.