National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Flash Flooding Likely into Tonight for Portions of Kansas and Missouri; Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Tropical Storm Krosa Forms Near the Marianas.

Flash flooding likely in northeast Kansas & Missouri into tonight. Widespread extreme heat will develop and persist across much of the Southeast this weekend & next week. Tropical Storm Krosa has formed and will continue to cause heavy rain across Guam & the CNMI through Saturday. Severe storms with flooding rains expected into tonight for portions of the Midwest. Read More >

Overview

Showers and thunderstorms tracked eastward across parts of eastern Iowa and northern Illinois on Memorial Day 2019 as a low pressure system lifted a warm front through the region.  

 

Some of the storms produced tornadoes during the early to mid afternoon hours.  Very heavy rain also fell in a short amount of time in areas.  Flash flooding occurred in the Quad Cities metro, with several feet of water on many streets.

 

Image
From Iowa Storm Chasing Twitter 
Photo By: Sherri Daughtery

4 miles NE Cantril, IA
nws logo Media use of NWS Web News Stories is encouraged!
Please acknowledge the NWS as the source of any news information accessed from this site.
nws logo