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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 >

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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