Top Weather Stories for April 20, 2018

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20 Apr 2018 9:47 AM
Here are some of the top weather stories for Friday, April 20th, 2018: Severe Weather from the South to Southeast Severe weather is expected across the part of the South today and threat will shift east through the weekend.  Storms that turn severe could produce heavy rain, damaging wind, large hail an isolated. Rain totals could measure up to 4 inches across some areas of the South and Southeast. Lingering Fire Threat Red Flag Warnings are active across parts of New Mexico and Texas as there areas expect to deal with strong wind, warmth and relatively dry weather today. Wind could gust past 60 mph. Eastern Chill, Western Warmth The longer term weather pattern for the end of April will likely below normal conditions to the eastern United States and warmer conditions to the western United States. Tune into WeatherNation for the latest forecast. For WeatherNation, I am Meteorologist Marcus Walter.
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