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Storm Systems to Impact the Central and Eastern U.S. Through the Weekend

Two storm systems will track through the central and eastern U.S. today through this weekend with areas of gusty winds, rain and heavy snow. Severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast today from the Lower Mississippi River Valley to the Tennessee Valley. Damaging winds, a few tornadoes, and areas of flooding are possible. 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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