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 northwestern Gulf Coast from south central Louisiana to the upper Texas coast today. Read More >

Overview

Scattered showers and thunderstorms tracked east across eastern Iowa and north central Illinois early Saturday morning. Frequent lightning, heavy rain, small hail, and damaging winds downing trees were common as the storms rolled through. Wind gusts between 40 and 60 mph were reported with the storms.

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Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Damaging Winds: Early AM July 23, 2022