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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

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed and tracked over portions of eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri Friday afternoon and evening.  These storms produced torrential rainfall for some, lightning, and damaging winds in a few counties.  The highway 20 corridor from Dubuque to Freeport received the most wind damage and lightning.  The town of Elizabeth Illinois in Jo Daviess county was particularly hit hard with damaging winds.  A 75 mph wind gust was also recorded at the NWS Quad Cities forecast office with this evening's storms, snapping a few tree branches next to the office. Image
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