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Flip Flop weather, from storms to snow! Sunday: Strong winds near 50MPH, Highs warm near 80 followed by strong storms. Monday Chilly sleet/snow much colder with highs in the 40s.

Squall line approaching Rochester after a warm humid day April 15th 2012. What changeable weather from one day to the next! I’ve never seen quite an extreme of this nature before! Sunday was Sunny, very windy and Humid with highs near 80.F with thunderstorms and dewpoints in the mid 60s, and Monday was cold in …

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Frost Advisory Tuesday Morning Across NW Iowa

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Frost Advisory effective from 4am until 8am Tuesday morning for the following counties, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O Brien, Osceola, Sioux, Minnehaha SD, Lincoln SD, Rock MN, Nobles MN and Jackson MN. WEATHER CONDITIONS…CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP LATE …

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3:00PM UPDATE: Threat moves slightly Northeast

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has shifted the Moderate risk slightly Northeast, with little or no change in general forecast. Visible Satellite imagery is showing clearing and heating East of the Surface Low. A warm front was slowly lifting Northward into Minneapolis and Wisconsin. Instability seems to be increasing as moisture moves northward. …

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Strong Thunderstorms moving into Southeast Iowa

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 256 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-152100- CLARK-DES MOINES-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY-JEFFERSON-LEE-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-VAN BUREN-WARREN- 256 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 …STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA… AT 252 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE …

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11:30AM UPDATE: Final Hours of Silence; Storms to fire up this afternoon

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted an updated Severe Weather outlook map for today. There are few changes; however some change in general forecast. Clouds are beginning to thin out, and this in combination with incoming moisture will continue to boost the destabilization of the air later this afternoon. Forcing of the …

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SPC Moderate Risk for today!

Image from SPC A Moderate Risk! For severe weather has been pushed westward Sunday and it now includes the all of Southrn Minnesota, Northeast Iowa and Western Wisconsin. This includes the entire local area! The weather system that causes yesterdays bad weather in Kansas and Iowa will be impacting Minnesota today. Warm humid air that is starting to be …