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Severe Thunderstorms Possible in the South Central U.S.; Wildfire Smoke Impacts in the North Central U.S.; Severe Space Weather

Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >

Overview

A slowly moving storm system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms to eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri during the day on Wednesday April 7, 2021. The heavy rainfall occurred south of a Fairfield to Galesburg line with reports ranging from 1.13 inches in Burlington to 1.80 inches in Bushnell Illinois. A few of these thunderstorms became severe and produced damaging winds in McDonough, Henderson, and Hancock Counties during the late afternoon and early evening hours.  Damage was also reported to some mobile homes and a garage on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids due to a weak tornado that caused one minor injury.

 

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