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Event Summary: July 26-27, 2026 High Heat and Extreme Dew Points

Rain For Part of the Weekend

Heavy Rain Friday

Friday's Severe Storm Outlook

Some much needed rain is on the horizon for the area which will impact the first half of the weekend. We want to emphasis that this will not be continuous rain, but rounds of rain. By Saturday evening rainfall amounts may range from under 0.75 inches to potentially 2 plus inches.

A large storm system will track through the Midwest late this week, bringing widespread moderate to heavy rain to the local area on Friday. Total forecast rainfall between 1-3" is anticipated by Saturday morning and localized flooding is possible for areas that get hit by repeated rounds of thunderstorms.

Periodic rounds of showers and thunderstorms will be seen Friday into Friday night. Some of the storms could be strong to severe across parts of southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri and west central Illinois.