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Another high-impact, late-season storm sweeps across the eastern, southern Corn Belt

Across the Corn Belt, heavy rain is resulting in flash flooding from southern Missouri into the lower Ohio Valley.  Early Friday, rain continues to spread northeastward across the lower Midwest.  Meanwhile, mild, dry weather covers the remainder of the Midwest.  An extensive snow cover remains in place across the upper Midwest, including Minnesota  and the eastern Dakotas; many locations have had snow on the ground continuously since November 2022.

On the Plains, lingering rain showers are ending across eastern sections of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.  The remainder of the nation’s mid-section is experiencing cool, dry weather.  While many areas of the Plains experienced a stormy winter, serious drought impacts—including subsoil moisture shortages and poor rangeland, pasture, and winter wheat conditions—are carrying into spring.  On Thursday, another blowing dust event struck portions of western Texas, where wind gusts were clocked to 63 mph in Midland and 59 mph in Lubbock.

In the South, Thursday’s severe weather outbreak—accompanied by high winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes—was relatively concentrated but hit particularly hard in the Ark-La-Tex region.  Early Friday, the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms is shifting into the Southeast, where warm, humid conditions persist.  Meanwhile, heavy rain lingers   across the mid-South—especially Arkansas—where widespread flash flooding is occurring.

In the West, cool, mostly dry weather prevails.  Any rain and snow showers are confined to the Northwest.  With about a month left in the accumulation season, snowpack is particularly impressive in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.  The liquid equivalency of the Sierra Nevada snowpack is approaching 45 inches, the highest since spring 2019.

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