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Areas of Heavy Rainfall and Critical Fire Weather on Wednesday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia Wednesday. Recently burned areas will be particularly vulnerable to flash flooding. Gusty winds and low humidity will bring critical fire weather to parts of the Northwest U.S. and central Alaska on Wednesday where Red Flag Warnings are in effect. Read More >

Overview

A strong low pressure system brought a spring snowstorm to the region on Friday, April 13, 2018. Precipitation began as rain, and even a few thunderstorms were reported. Then as cold air filtered into the area, rain changed to snow. Heavy snow was reported across much of western and south central SD, and strong northerly winds resulted in blizzard conditions from blowing snow.

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