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Flash Flooding Likely into Tonight for Portions of Kansas and Missouri; Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Tropical Storm Krosa Forms Near the Marianas.

Flash flooding likely in northeast Kansas & Missouri into tonight. Widespread extreme heat will develop and persist across much of the Southeast this weekend & next week. Tropical Storm Krosa has formed and will continue to cause heavy rain across Guam & the CNMI through Saturday. Severe storms with flooding rains expected into tonight for portions of the Midwest. Read More >

Overview

Scattered showers with a few embedded thunderstorms tracked northeast across areas generally north of I 80 the afternoon and evening of August 16, as a warm front lifted into east central Iowa and northwest Illinois. Between 720 and 7:30 pm, one shower located along the warm front about 3 miles west of Freeport, IL produced two tornadoes, which caused some minor damage to a house; as well as some crop and tree damage. Another brief tornado occurred approx 5 mi WNW of Elizabeth, IL where extensive tree damage was seen.

South of Interstate 80, showers more isolated in nature were observed. Elsewhere, partly to mostly cloudy skies prevailed, with temperatures in the low to mid 80s. 

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