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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

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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