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Dangerous Heat Continues; Monitoring Excessive Rainfall and Flash Flooding

The heat continues along and east of the Mississippi River. The most significant cumulative heat impacts are expected across the Mid-Atlantic through today and eastern Ohio Valley through Friday. Severe weather and heavy rainfall potential from the Southwest, Plains, upper Midwest, Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic and Northeast the next couple of days. A disturbance near the Marianas may bring flooding. Read More >

Overview

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front Sunday afternoon across portions of eastern Iowa.  The storms were weak, but still were able to produce three brief landspout tornadoes over the region.  Additionally, brief heavy rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph were seen with the stronger storms.

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