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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

Two rounds of thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall impacted portions of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin Friday, July 21 into the early morning hours of Saturday, July 22. Rainfall amounts across Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, and Clayton Counties in northeast Iowa and Grant County in far southwest Wisconsin ranged from 5 to 10 inches. This resulted in significant impacts, including flash flooding, river flooding, rock and mudslides, as well as numerous road washouts. Major flooding occurred along the Turkey, Volga, Little Wapsipinicon, and Grant Rivers, resulting in some evacuations for impacted communities.  

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Radar estimated precipitation from 5 AM July 21 through 5 AM July 22, 2017
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