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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

Several rounds of thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall occurred from the evening of August 31st through the early morning of September 2nd. The most significant rainfall amounts occurred the evening of September 1st through the early morning of September 2nd over far northern Illinois. Additional heavy rainfall is expected late Sunday afternoon through at least Monday morning, especially into portions of northwest and north central Illinois. Finally, there was a very isolated area of wind damage over parts of the far northwest side of Chicago during the Saturday morning thunderstorms.

Fast Facts

  • The 1.72" that fell on September 1st at Rockford Airport set a new daily precipitation record for the city of Rockford, breaking the previous record for September 1st of 1.33" in 1930 and 1945. 
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