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Flash Flooding Likely into Tonight for Portions of Kansas and Missouri; Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Tropical Storm Krosa Forms Near the Marianas.

Flash flooding likely in northeast Kansas & Missouri into tonight. Widespread extreme heat will develop and persist across much of the Southeast this weekend & next week. Tropical Storm Krosa has formed and will continue to cause heavy rain across Guam & the CNMI through Saturday. Severe storms with flooding rains expected into tonight for portions of the Midwest. Read More >

Overview

A large upper level storm system tracked across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri Thursday night and Friday morning.  This system brought a long duration snow event to the region, with totals mainly between 2 and 6 inches of snow.  This was also the most snow to ever fall on Halloween for much of the forecast area. For more, see our Halloween Climatology Page.

Official NWS Obs:

Moline: 4.7"

Davenport: 4.5"

Dubuque: 6.0"

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Surface Map 06z 10/31
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