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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

Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front that dropped south across southeastern Iowa and northwest Illinois during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Very large hail was reported with some of the severe storms.

The hardest hit areas were parts of southeast Iowa and west central Illinois where hail stones of golf ball to soft ball sized were reported.

Other areas that got storms saw copious amounts of small hail which covered the ground.

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