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Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place much of this week across parts of California and the interior Northwest U.S. A blast of cold air will drop across the central and eastern U.S. later this week bringing below to well below normal temperatures. Read More >

Overview

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through portions of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the evening of May 6th, 2024. Four tornadoes were reported; three of which were rated EF-1, and one EF-0. Notably, one of these tornadoes tracked approximately one mile southeast of an EF-3 tornado that occurred near Minden, IA, just 10 days earlier on April 26th. Other severe weather reports included damaging straight-line wind gusts up 71 mph and hail up to 1.5" in diameter.

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Base reflectivity radar loop of the strong to severe storms that moved through eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the evening hours of May 6th, 2024.
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