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Heavy Snow Across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes; Strong Winds for the East

Travel conditions will be challenging across the northern Plains, Great Lakes and east coast through Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Heavy snow, blizzard conditions, for the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region through Thanksgiving to be followed by another strong storm for the Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast this weekend. Strong winds are expected with these systems adding to travel difficulties Read More >

Overview

On Friday, March 14, 2025 an unseasonably deep low pressure system developed and traversed across the Central Plains. The impressively dynamic system produced non-thunderstorm wind gusts upwards of 60 mph in some locations within the Springfield forecast area. Dry air in place, paired with these strong synoptic winds, produced extremely critical fire weather conditions across the area. Multiple fires were reported with some damaging property. During the peak of the event, numerous robust supercells developed across southwest Missouri and rapidly moved northeast through the afternoon and evening. These storms produced large hail and multiple tornadoes, some being strong such as the EF-3 that damaged homes in Bakersfield, Missouri. Following the storms, the strong winds brought in dust from Texas and Oklahoma.
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