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Welcome rain reports noted in eastern Texas

Eastern Texans received welcome rain in an otherwise dry week, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report. Read More

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Severe storms strike central Plains

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Moisture was mixed bag through the Plains



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Extremes in weather felt across US

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Southwestern Plains received beneficial moisture

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Weather disturbance felt in the West

(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

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