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Dangerous Heat Continues; Monitoring Excessive Rainfall and Flash Flooding

The heat continues along and east of the Mississippi River. The most significant cumulative heat impacts are expected across the Mid-Atlantic through today and eastern Ohio Valley through Friday. Severe weather and heavy rainfall potential from the Southwest, Plains, upper Midwest, Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic and Northeast the next couple of days. A disturbance near the Marianas may bring flooding. Read More >

Overview

A line of showers and thunderstorms developed across from central Iowa south to central Missouri Monday afternoon ahead of a strong cold front. This line of storms slowly progressed eastward, reaching eastern Iowa and northeast Missouri Monday evening.

Some thunderstorms in the line became severe, producing damaging winds, large hail up to quarter size, and one confirmed tornado across southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri.

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