Wednesday Evening Tornado Damage To Be Surveyed On Thursday

Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >

Multiple Tornadoes Observed Over Northeast Kansas

Multiple tornadoes, including one that lasted an hour and a half over Dickinson county, were observed last evening.

There has been damage to structures and homes, but no word on specifics just yet. Storm survey teams are planning to head out

in the morning to assess the damage. Stay tuned for a full report by this afternoon.

Tornado Track 1: Observed briefly south of Minneapolis, KS

Tornado Track 2: Observed, long track, large tornado. Ottawa/Dickinson Counties in KS. Estimated duration of nearly 90 minutes

Tornado Track 3: Likely tornado damage between Dwight, KS and Alta Vista, KS

Tornado Track 4: Observed tornado near intersection of K31 and K99 south of Eskridge.

Photo courtesy of Ruffin McDaniel from northwest of Chapman