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Severe Storm Clusters Bring 60–80 mph Gusts and Flash‑Flood Risk to Northern Plains

A strengthening low‑level jet, extreme instability and mesoscale boundaries are driving rapid upscale storm growth that threatens damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding

56 ARTICLES

last mo.

Tornado and Severe Watches Span Central Plains as Storms Produce 96 mph Gust

88 ARTICLES

3mo ago

SPC Flags Persistent Tornado Threat in Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky

75 ARTICLES

3mo ago

Rare PDS Red Flag Warning Triggers Power Shutoffs in Southern Colorado as Central U.S. Fire Risk Expands

470 ARTICLES

4mo ago

Nation-Spanning Storm Brings Great Lakes Blizzard, Mid-Atlantic Severe Weather, Western Heat Dome