Strong-to-severe weather will impact parts of the southern Plains on Friday, bringing the possibility of large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain and tornadoes. 

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Flash flooding will also be a risk across this area and over the Mississippi Valley.  

Above-average temperatures continue for the interior Northwest this weekend. 

Meanwhile, cool, wet conditions are in the forecast as we monitor a coastal low moving up the Eastern Seaboard through Sunday.