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Heavy Rain in the Mid-Atlantic; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northern Plains; Critical Fire in the West

Locally heavy rain and flash flooding will be possible today into tonight near the Mid-Atlantic/Carolina coast. Storms with large hail and severe wind gusts are expected across parts of the central and northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley. Dry thunderstorms, and warm, dry, and windy conditions will produce fire weather conditions in parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies. Read More >

Overview

Showers and thunderstorms moved across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri during the morning of April 10th, as a weak cold front moved across central Iowa. Some of these thunderstorms were severe, producing hail up to the size of ping pong balls over Linn County, and wind gusts over 60 MPH in Lee County Iowa. Temperatures remained very warm overnight, as lows ranged from 50 in Independence to 59 in Sterling.

 

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