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Areas of Heavy to Excessive Rainfall and Hot Temperatures This Week

Heavy to excessive rainfall could bring areas of flooding at times Monday through Thursday across parts of the central Plains into the Midwest as well as southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue across much of east Texas into the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley through at least midweek. Read More >

Overview

Several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms impacted parts of the area on Thursday, August 4th.  During the afternoon and into the early evening, severe storms produced wind gusts up to 70 mph and torrential rains.  Most of the wind damage was across west central Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. 1-2" per hour rainfall rates were common with the storms, resulting in urban flooding.

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Radar loop from around 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with warnings overlaid in yellow.
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