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Watch this composite weather radar animation, the product of the National Weather US National Weather Service network of Doppler Radars across the region. The animation covers the period from 12:55am CDT through 9:15 am. THE ANIMATION is also courtesy of the COD GOES weather satellite site. | Tom Skilling