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Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana through tonight. Read More >

Overview

Two rounds of storms tracked across portions of eastern IA and northwest IL on Monday bringing torrential rain, occasional lightning, and gusty winds.  The first round moved through late morning and early afternoon along Interstate 80 from Iowa City, to the Quad Cities, towards Princeton IL.  Rain amounts over 1 inch were common with some totals over 3 inches reported in Bureau county in IL.  This caused some localized flash flooding occurred with these storms.  The second round of storms developed after 7pm across northeast IA and southern WI.  These tracked southeast into northern IL with gusty winds and torrential rain reported.  

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