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Heavy Rainfall in Southern California and in the Southern Plains; Heavy Snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Rockies

A Pacific storm will bring coastal/lower elevation heavy to excessive rainfall to southern California and the Southern Rockies today, with localized flash flooding possible, especially near recent burn scars. Heavy snow is forecast over parts of the Sierra Nevada Mountains today and over the Northern Rockies on Wednesday. Several inches of snowfall accumulation is possible. Read More >

Overview

A line of severe thunderstorms moved east northeast through far southern Wisconsin on Friday evening, March 31, 2023, producing several tornadoes and damaging winds.

Damage surveys conducted from Saturday, April 1 through Monday, April 3, 2023 found 12 total confirmed tornadoes within this line of storms, with 5 rated EF-1 and 7 rated EF-0.

See the list below for more detailed information. 

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8:05 PM CDT (3/31/23) KMKX radar images showing hook echo (upper left, middle) and Tornado Debris Signature (lower left, middle) southwest of Delavan Lake, where EF0 damage occurred.
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