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Video: http://youtu.be/-LC7fjhAQJw?hd=1 Forecast across the region today: Forecast radar time-stamps through the day: Will need to watch southwest Kansas for an uptick in storm chances mainly after midnight tonight into Wednesday morning.  Forecast radar from 11pm-11am CDT tonight into Wednesday morning shown below: Total precipitation through 11am Wednesday: Watch the…

Today's Video:  http://youtu.be/2fq2x48Ty3U?hd=1 Good Tuesday morning everyone! We have an area of rain showers that is persisting in SW Minnesota this morning. These likely persist into the mid-day and slowly push off to the east into SE and Eastern Minnesota:  The HRRR shows the idea of rain continuing east but weakening slightly…

Good evening everyone! Storm activity is beginning to ramp up across portions of the region, in particular eastern NE and central KS, as of 4:15pm CDT. Pulse-type storms have popped up in southeast MO due to daytime instability, but a gradual weakening trend is expected with those storms as sunset…

Video: http://youtu.be/MlTMgHkKK_A?hd=1 Today's forecast across the region:  VERY hot ahead of the cold front in Kansas/Missouri today!  Shower and storm chances increase mainly after 4/5pm lasting through the overnight with the highest risks in the shaded areas. Here is a general time-line of the storm progression across these areas this…

Today's Video:  http://youtu.be/V7aSTaRLd8E?hd=1 Good Monday morning everyone! Hope you had a great weekend.  Some scattered showers and storms are ongoing over portions of the area this morning. These storms will continue to work off to the ESE this morning and eventually diminish especially as we head into mid-day:  As we…

Good afternoon everyone! A band of heavier showers and storms continue to progress northeast across northern NE into southern SD as of 12:40pm CDT. A few stray showers have also trekked into far southwestern MN/northwest IA. An earlier patch of showers/storms have pushed eastward across the state of IA with…

Good Sunday morning everyone! A vast majority of the region this is dry as of 10:20am CDT with scattered showers/storms working their way northeastward into the far southern portions of SD.  Another day of impactful storms is on tap across our southern areas as discussed in the graphic below. The…

Good Sunday morning everyone! An active morning has evolved over portions of IA as an MCS (Mesoscale Convection System) developed over the far northwestern portions of the state. Since then it has took a dive towards the southeast, currently impacting locations in central/northeast IA as of 6:40am CDT. Over the…

Good afternoon everyone! This post will discuss new details in regards to this afternoon/evening's severe weather threat. Convection is still ongoing across portions of central IA with slightly heavier rainfall occurring in eastern MN as of 12:35pm CDT. A vast majority of NE and all of SD has since cleared…

Good Saturday morning everyone! A swath of broken showers with embedded heavier rain is lifting northeastward in western IA/far eastern NE southward into portions of central KS as of 8:20am CDT. These are the remnants of last night's storms that affected the Western Plains.  By the time we arrive towards…