8-5-18 NE/IA/MN/SD PM Update: Strong/severe storm risks increasing through the evening hours…areas of heavy rains likely in northeast NE/northern IA. I.
05
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-5-18 NE/IA/MN/SD PM Update: Strong/severe storm risks increasing through the evening hours…areas of heavy rains likely in northeast NE/northern IA. I.

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…
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8-5-18 Northern Plains Sunday Update: Additional sct’d strong storms possible through tonight, mainly in southern SD/MN. Iso/sct’d storms persist into tomorrow. I.
05
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-5-18 Northern Plains Sunday Update: Additional sct’d strong storms possible through tonight, mainly in southern SD/MN. Iso/sct’d storms persist into tomorrow. I.

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…
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8-5-18 Central Plains Sunday Update: Tracking a cluster of storms over IA this morning…additional strong storms likely this afternoon through tonight across NE/IA. I.
05
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-5-18 Central Plains Sunday Update: Tracking a cluster of storms over IA this morning…additional strong storms likely this afternoon through tonight across NE/IA. I.

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…
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8-4-18 MN/ND/SD/NE/IA PM Update: Tracking isolated/widely scattered storm chances through early Sunday morning with a few storms becoming strong. I.
04
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-4-18 MN/ND/SD/NE/IA PM Update: Tracking isolated/widely scattered storm chances through early Sunday morning with a few storms becoming strong. I.

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…
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8-4-18 Central Plains Saturday Update: Shower/storm risks continue through the remainder of the weekend, especially northern areas…warmth persists south of rains. I.
04
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-4-18 Central Plains Saturday Update: Shower/storm risks continue through the remainder of the weekend, especially northern areas…warmth persists south of rains. I.

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…
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8-4-18 Northern Plains Saturday Update: Sct’d strong storms possible this afternoon/evening in the eastern Dakotas/western MN…another wave of rain expected Sunday. I.
04
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-4-18 Northern Plains Saturday Update: Sct’d strong storms possible this afternoon/evening in the eastern Dakotas/western MN…another wave of rain expected Sunday. I.

Good Saturday morning everyone! Most of last night's storm activity has exited the region with scattered showers/storms persisting across central ND as of 6:30am CDT. The remnants of the storms from the Central Plains have worked northeastward into far eastern SD and southern MN. The last area we are watching…
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8-3-18 Northern Plains Evening Update: Tracking areas of showers/storms across portions of the area with more sct’d storms expected heading into tomorrow. I.
03
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-3-18 Northern Plains Evening Update: Tracking areas of showers/storms across portions of the area with more sct’d storms expected heading into tomorrow. I.

Good evening! This post discusses recent model trends for this evening and additional strong to severe storm chances heading into tomorrow. An uptick in storm activity has occurred in the last few hours in west-central MN. This comes in slightly earlier than originally thought. New model guidance is having a…
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8-3-18 Central Plains PM Update: Eyeing storm development in the Western Plains over the next few hours…A few storms may become severe. I.
03
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-3-18 Central Plains PM Update: Eyeing storm development in the Western Plains over the next few hours…A few storms may become severe. I.

Good afternoon everyone! A band of showers and embedded storms are tracking northeast across portions of the NE panhandle as of 2:25pm CDT while brilliant sunshine is being observed elsewhere across the rest of the area.  Calm weather across western KS into central NE won't last long as upper-level energy…
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8-3-18 Northern Plains PM Update: Additional sct’d showers/storms expected to fire this afternoon into tonight with a few becoming severe. I.
03
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-3-18 Northern Plains PM Update: Additional sct’d showers/storms expected to fire this afternoon into tonight with a few becoming severe. I.

Good afternoon everyone! We are currently tracking a broken swath of showers and storms stretching from north-central SD into southeast ND eastward through central MN as of 1:15pm CDT. A warm front lifting through the region is the culprit for the activity in these regions with activity likely to continue…
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8-3-18 Central Plains Forecast: Storm risks in the western Plains today….northern areas see best storm risks this weekend into early next week. Details here. N.
03
Aug
By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

8-3-18 Central Plains Forecast: Storm risks in the western Plains today….northern areas see best storm risks this weekend into early next week. Details here. N.

Video: http://youtu.be/Pr-R2n6vSf8?hd=1 Good Friday morning!  Here is today's forecast across the area.  Going to be a hot one with scattered storm risks across the western Plains developing later this afternoon into tonight.  The yellow circled area is where the chance is highest.  Cannot rule out a few severe storms capable…
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