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Severe Thunderstorms Tonight in the Mid-Atlantic; Tropical Storm Bertha in the Gulf

Scattered thunderstorms with severe gusts, hail and a tornado risk are possible near a cold front from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic tonight. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida into Louisiana through Wednesday. Read More >

Overview

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms developed across all of eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri on the afternoon of Thursday May 26, 2022. These showers and storms formed in response to an area of low pressure moving across eastern Missouri into central Illinois during the afternoon and evening. This activity slowly rotated around the low, allowing showers/storms to produce torrential rainfall over areas they impacted.

During the evening, repeated rounds of showers and storms impacted the city of Danville, IA, and lead to flash flooding across the city. Per emergency management, water flowed into homes, apartments and school and washed out several gavel roads on the west side of town. There was an unofficial measured rainfall amount of 9 inches in the city. 

(Courtesy Des Moines County EMA)

 
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