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Dangerous Heat Continues in the Central and Southern U.S.; Severe Weather and Heavy Rain in the Northern Plains

Dangerous, prolonged heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of the northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley today, with damaging winds and large hail as the primary threats. Heavy rainfall could lead to areas of flooding across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. Read More >

A series of storms affected the forecast area the week of Thanksgiving. The first snowstorm to move through the area begin in the evening on Monday November 25, 2019 across western Nebraska. Snow continued into Tuesday spreading eastward across the state. A good portion of southwest, western and north central Nebraska saw significant snowfall.

 

A second system moved through the area on Thanksgiving day and brought areas of light freezing drizzle and light snowfall accumulations. Areas of light freezing drizzle and fog were mostly seen across portions of southwest Nebraska while areas of light snow mixed with freezing drizzle at times were across north central, central into north eastern Nebraska.

 

A third and final storm system for the week of Thanksgiving moved through the area Friday morning through Saturday night. This system brought blizzard conditions across northern Nebraska along with high winds across portions of southwest and north central Nebraska.