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Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. Read More >

Overview

A cluster of storms moving from southern Iowa to southern Illinois produced severe weather on Thursday, June 28th. Strong winds downed trees and powerlines around Keokuk, Fort Madison, and Macomb, and one person was injured by a falling tree in Memphis. Rainfall amounts ranged from a trace at Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, to forty three hundredths of an inch at Burlington. It was warm with temperatures ranging from 88 degrees at Dubuque and Burlington, to 83 degrees at Freeport.

 

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