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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

Storms began developing across northwestern SD on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 25. They moved southeastward and strengthened as they approached south central South Dakota. Very strong straight-line winds caused significant damage in Potato Creek in Jackson County. Even more damaged was caused as the storm moved into Bennett County, where it produced baseball sized hail. The storms then moved into Nebraska Tuesday evening.

 

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