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Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast and Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather in the West

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota today. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula today. Critical fire weather conditions will persist today over parts of the interior Northwest and Great Basin. Read More >

Overview

Supercell thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon across the Nebraska Panhandle and western Nebraska and moved eastward in the evening hours. As they storms moved eastward, they formed into a line of storms, extending from Cherry County south towards the Nebraska state line. Strong straight-line winds were found throughout the line of storms, with the strongest winds across the southern portion of the line.  In addition to widespread winds of 70 mph and greater, stronger winds of over 100 mph, impacted locations just south of the city of North Platte. A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service in North Platte revealed the widespread damage across central Lincoln County was the result of extreme outflow winds from a bowing line segment of storms. The peak wind speed from the survey was 105 mph.

 

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