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Severe Thunderstorms in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest; Critical Fire Weather in the West; Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.

Severe thunderstorms are likely today across the northern Plains and into the upper Mississippi Valley. Gusty winds and dry conditions will result in widespread critical fire weather through Saturday across parts of the Four Corners region and the Great Basin. A significant and dangerous heat wave will expand from the Central U.S. into the Eastern U.S this weekend through much of next week. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:58:44 pm CDT

The timing for severe weather in the risk areas for Wednesday and Wednesday night.

Local Weather History For June 20th...
On this date in 2011, scattered severe thunderstorms developed along
a dry line that had pushed through southwest Oklahoma, while more
widespread severe storms developed along a cold front over northern
Oklahoma. Several storms produced golf-ball size hail and wind gusts
as high as 70 mph. The hardest hit areas were around Medford and
Lamont in northern Oklahoma, and down around Duncan and Walters in
southern Oklahoma.

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