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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 significant severe weather event occurred in our forecast area from the evening of February 28th into the early morning hours of March 1st. Two waves of severe storms occurred with the first consisting of multiple supercells during the evening hours, one of which produced 2 long track tornadoes. The second round was an intense squall line that moved into southeast Missouri and southern Illinois after 3 AM and was out of the area by 7 AM. Damaging winds in excess of 80 mph were reported with this line as it moved across western Kentucky. There were 8 confirmed tornadoes from this event, with 1 EF-4 (Perryville, MO), 1 EF-3 (Crossville, IL), and 1 EF-2 (Cuba, KY).

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