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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 moved northeast across parts of northern Illinois on the afternoon and evening of Monday, October 11, 2021.  A Storm Chaser reported a brief tornado west of McNabb, IL. There was no visible damage to assign an EF-scale rating. 
     
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