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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 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.
 

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