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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

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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