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Heavy Rain Continues in Florida; Cold Front Brings Thunderstorms and Showers to Central US

Scattered areas of heavy rain continue to produce isolated flash flooding across the Florida peninsula. Anomalous moisture will combine with a cold front and will bring heavy rain and scattered flash flooding across the Mid-South, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys today and Tuesday. Above average temperatures will continue to be found ahead of the cold front from the Midwest to the Northeast. 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.

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