Weather Underground midday recap for Monday,April 7,2014
An active weather system continued to impact the eastern third of the
country on Monday, while a ridge of high pressure kept the West Coast
clear of wet weather.
A pair of low pressure systems moved northeastward across the eastern
third of the country on Monday. The first area of low pressure inched
across the Tennessee Valley and the Ohio Valley. This system brought
showers and thunderstorms to parts of the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and
the Northeast. Flood advisories were issued across Michigan as the
heaviest rain moved across the southern tier of the Great Lakes.
Meanwhile, a separate low pressure system moved over the Eastern
Seaboard. Tornado watches were issued along the Florida Panhandle,
eastern Georgia, eastern South Carolina and eastern North Carolina as a
line of strong thunderstorms developed over the region. Flash flood
watches were also issued along the eastern Gulf Coast due to heavy rain
associated with these thunderstorms. Rome, Ga., reported a midday total
of 3.43 inches of rain, while Gainesville, Ga., reported a midday total
of 3.38 inches of rain. Just to the west, light, scattered showers
developed across the Plains, stretching from western Texas to North
Dakota.
Conditions remained very dry over the western side of the Continental
Divide on Monday due to a ridge of high pressure along the West Coast.
Temperatures ranged between the 80s and 90s across the California and
Arizona deserts, as Thermal, Calif., reported a midday high of 90
degrees.
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