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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Overview

A cluster of storms moving from southern Iowa to southern Illinois produced severe weather on Thursday, June 28th. Strong winds downed trees and powerlines around Keokuk, Fort Madison, and Macomb, and one person was injured by a falling tree in Memphis. Rainfall amounts ranged from a trace at Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, to forty three hundredths of an inch at Burlington. It was warm with temperatures ranging from 88 degrees at Dubuque and Burlington, to 83 degrees at Freeport.

 

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