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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Southern U.S.; Snow in the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains

A storm system will shift from eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley today with additional threats of severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall which may bring flooding. In the northern U.S., a storm will bring heavy snow and gusty winds over parts of the northern Rockies, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest today into Wednesday. Read More >

A narrow line of strong to severe thunderstorms impacted extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks Monday night. Several reports of wind damage were received as these storms raced east at nearly 50 mph.

These storms developed along a strong cold front which extended south from a powerful low pressure system centered over the northern Plains. Below is a radar loop of the storms as they pushed across the region overnight. This storm system went on to produce widespread wind damage and even tornadoes across the Ohio Valley on Tuesday.

 

Here is a map and list of storm reports from extreme Southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks.