National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Severe Thunderstorms Possible in the South Central U.S.; Wildfire Smoke Impacts in the North Central U.S.; Severe Space Weather

Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >

Overview

A warm and humid air mass was in place across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and far northeast Missouri. Several rounds of thunderstorms developed through the day and moved across the area. Some of these thunderstorms became severe in the early morning and again in the afternoon and early evening. These thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds, along with heavy rain.
 

nws logo Media use of NWS Web News Stories is encouraged!
Please acknowledge the NWS as the source of any news information accessed from this site.