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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 southeastern Iowa and northwest Illinois during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Very large hail was reported with some of the severe storms.

The hardest hit areas were parts of southeast Iowa and west central Illinois where hail stones of golf ball to soft ball sized were reported.

Other areas that got storms saw copious amounts of small hail which covered the ground.

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