Severe Weather Hits Northern Plains
Posted on: Thursday, 24 August 2006, 18:00 CDT
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.
---
On the Net:
Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com
National Weather Service: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov
Intellicast: http://www.intellicast.com
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
Related Articles
- Astronomers Hope for Good Weather -- on Mars
- NASA Working to Improve Long-term Weather Prediction
- Cooler Mont. Weather Aids Firefighters
- Microsoft outlines plan to weather slow growth
- Weather Service Getting Big New Computer
- Bad Weather Hampers Lunar Eclipse Viewing
- New NASA Data Helps Take 'Whether' Out of Weather Prediction
- Navy Facility Predicts Weather for Iraq
- Cold Weather, Cold Hearts
- Winter Weather Calls for Joints Care
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds