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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

An upper level storm system tracked east across the Plains and Iowa on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, bringing widespread snow to eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Dry snow fell and covered the ground during the afternoon and evening.  Snowfall totals between 2 and 6 inches were common, with light winds. Locally higher amounts between 6 and 11 inches fell in a narrow line from Sigourney, IA, to just northeast of Galesburg, IL. 

 

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