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Extreme Heat Overspreads the Central and Southern U.S., Pushing East Through Midweek; Severe Weather and Excessive Rain for Portions of the Upper Midwest

Dangerous heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Severe storms for parts of the northern Plains & upper Midwest tonight & Wednesday- threats include a few tornadoes, damaging winds & excessive rain. Heavy rain may impact portions of the Southeast and Southwest into tonight. A tropical disturbance brings heavy rain to Guam & the Marianas through Friday. Read More >

Overview

A cold front progressing across central Iowa helped produced showers and thunderstorms across much of the region this afternoon and evening.

Thunderstorms became severe across southeast Iowa, west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri, and produced tornadoes, winds up to 80 MPH, hail up to golf ball size, and heavy rainfall amounts over 1 inch. Damage to trees and power lines were reported from Van Buren to Clark and Hancock counties.

A damage survey team found two EF-1 tornadoes touched down north of Keosauqua in Van Buren County as storms moved through. Please see the Tornado tab below for additional details.

 

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