The National Weather Service office in Valley said a few severe storms are possible across the region, especially late this morning and this afternoon.
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Buchanan and Doniphan counties are under severe thunderstorm watches and warnings. The Weather Channel predicted thunderstorms from shortly before 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. for Ottumwa. Damaging wind and large hail is the primary threat.Although isolated tornadoes are possible.
Temperatures at 18,000 feet are expected to reach a frigid 17 degrees this afternoon as a upper-level system moves the northeast Gulf of Mexico.
More than 7,000 customers were left without power as a severe thunderstorm packing 70 miles per hour winds blew through Northwest Missouri on Wednesday morning. “Timing appears to be as early as 3 p.m. (Wednesday) until 5 a.m. Thursday”.
Meanwhile, a narrow strip of northwest and north-central Nebraska remains under an elevated risk for wildfires today and Thursday due to hot, dry and windy conditions in the area.
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According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, recent heavy rains and the flooding of the Blackwater River has prompted the closure of a rural route in Johnson County.
