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Good morning everyone! The region remains quiet this morning with some cloud cover across the western Dakotas and northern MN. Shown below are the observed temperatures across the Northern Plains (valid as of 7am CDT). Plenty of cooler air has funneled in behind the strong cold front that worked through…

Today's Video: http://youtu.be/hdCT02z-I48?hd=1 Good morning everyone! The cold front has shifted south overnight into this morning with lingering showers and storms just south of the KS/OK border and into the southern third of MO as of 9:40am CDT. The best focus for rains over the next 72 hours will likely…

Today's Video: http://youtu.be/gLgB_rfrj_w?hd=1 Good morning everyone! There are currently some lingering showers in northeastern MN but these should lift out during the early afternoon hours. Another wave will bring scattered showers to the far northern areas Saturday, possibly picking up in intensity into the afternoon hours across far northern ND and far…

Today's Video: http://youtu.be/xvoIRAOE6fY?hd=1 Rainfall over the last 72 hours tells the main story of how wet it has been with widespread 1-4" of rain falling over numerous locations in northern/eastern NE into IA. The heaviest rains set up across northern IA where 3-6" of rain fell with as much as…

Good evening everyone! A broken line of strong storms has been developing over the last couple of hours stretching from northwestern IA southwestward into western KS as of 4:30pm CDT. This line will become better organized through the evening hours as it progresses eastward. This will allow the severe weather threat to…

Good Thursday afternoon everyone! A strong line of storms has begun to develop across southeastern SD into southwestern MN with scattered showers and heavier storms working eastward near Minneapolis, MN. Further north and west, a large rain shield can be noted across eastern ND, northwestern MN and portions of northeastern…

Video: http://youtu.be/QxzwDcg36EM?hd=1 Expecting a line of storms to develop across west-central and north-central Kansas late afternoon into the evening hours.  Pockets of damaging wind/hail the main threats.   Forecast radar from 1pm this afternoon to 7am Friday CDT.  Line of storms reaches peak intensity around 7pm.  Notice a weakening trend…

Today's Video:  http://youtu.be/BS173tuJ7yQ?hd=1 Good Thursday morning. A very busy day across the area with moderate rain ongoing in the Dakotas and Souther and Central Minnesota which will lift north into Northern areas leading to additional rainfall throughout most of today.  Here's a look at simulated radar into 1PM CDT this…

Video: http://youtu.be/IqtMxUy7nd4?hd=1 Today's severe storm threat: Damaging winds and tornadoes the biggest threats.  3pm-10pm will be the main time-frame of concern. Forecast radar snapshots from 4pm-1am shows the progression of storms from west to east, then a weakening trend as the move into eastern/southeast Iowa through the night.   Additional…

Video: http://youtu.be/gOy8SprtT4U?hd=1 Flash flood watch issued for southern Minnesota, southeast South Dakota, and northern Iowa tonight as repeated rounds of heavy rain move through along a stalled frontal boundary.   Forecast radar from 4pm today to 7am CDT Thursday tells the story of repeated rounds of heavy rain developing along…