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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

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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