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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

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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