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Tropical Storm Imelda Forms; Another Round of Heavy Rain and Potential Flooding in the Southwest

Tropical Storm Imelda has formed near the Bahamas Sunday afternoon, and continues to bring heavy rainfall. The risk of significant wind impacts from Imelda along the Southeast coast are decreasing. Another round of showers and storms with a heavy rain and flash flood threat will continue in the Southwest through Monday morning. Read More >

Overview

Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front that dropped south across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois Tuesday evening.  Occasional lightning, heavy downpours, and very large hail were reported.  The hardest hit areas were the northeast side of Cedar Rapids and the Iowa side of the Quad Cities where ping pong ball to baseball sized hail fell in a short amount of time. 

Golf ball hail fell in northern Stephenson county in IL near Orangeville.  Widespread quarter sized hail was also reported during the evening in several other counties.

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Near KGAN studio in Cedar Rapids, IA - photo by Nick Stewart
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