Severe Weather Hits Northern Plains

By WEATHER UNDERGROUND

An area of low pressure brought severe weather Thursday to the northern Plains and western Great Lakes region.

Grapefruit-sized hail was reported in North Dakota, along with wind gusting to 60 mph. Storms damaged trees in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Thunderstorms also hit the Southeast and northern Gulf coast.

In the West, clear skies spread across California and Nevada, and northeast into Montana. High clouds obscured the sky in the Northwest.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Thursday ranged from a morning low of 30 degrees in Truckee, Calif., to a midday high of 107 degrees in Needles, Calif.

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