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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Southwest; Heat Continues in the Southern U.S.

Heavy to excessive rainfall could bring flooding today through Thursday across parts of the central Plains into the Midwest and southern Arizona and New Mexico. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms may impact parts of eastern Nebraska into western Iowa later today into early evening. Heat Advisories remain in place across much of east Texas into the mid-Mississippi Valley today and Tuesday. Read More >

Overview

An upper level storm system tracked east across the Great Plains and Midwest Sunday morning, bringing precipitation to much of Missouri, southeast Iowa, west central and northwest Illinois.  Freezing rain was the dominant precipitation type, with many areas south of I-80 seeing at least a glaze of ice on area roads and sidewalks.  Many accidents were reported to the Iowa and Illinois Department of Transportation and travel was not advised late Sunday morning and early afternoon.  Southeast Iowa and west central Illinois saw even higher freezing rain amounts, with ice thicknesses around a tenth of an inch.

 
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