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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

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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