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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

 

A line of showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon of Friday, May 13, 2022 generally along and east of the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois. Some thunderstorms did become severe along that line, and produced all modes of severe weather including hail up to one inch, wind gusts to 60 MPH and two landspout tornados. One occurred near Good Hope IL, with the other just to the south of Monmouth IL. Some reports of flooding were also received, especially near Roseville IL.

Storms gradually weakened in strength through the evening, and dissipated just before midnight

Surface Analysis (Courtesy of the Weather prediction Center)