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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

Showers and thunderstorms swept eastward across the area during the afternoon of September 7th, with torrential rains and gusty winds of 30 to 45 mph common in most locations with the stronger storms. An isolated severe storm near the Macomb, IL golf course snapped a sign post and downed a large tree limb just after 4 pm. After a lull in the thunderstorm activity through the late afternoon and early evening, another severe storm moved across Des Moines and Henderson counties with damaging winds and flash flooding. The Burlington Airport recorded 2.69 inches of rain, with 1.90 inches falling between 8 and 9 pm. Flash flooding was observed throughout the city, with road closures and at least one car with four people stuck in flood waters. In addition, some funnel cloud sightings were also reported with this storm. Later that night, several thunderstorms tracked eastward along and just north of the Highway 30 corridor depositing 3 to nearly 5 inches of rain! Flash flooding was observed in Cedar Rapids, with cars abandoned in flood waters.
 


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