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Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

Overview

 

Severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri on Friday, June 18, and continued into the early morning hours of Saturday, June 19.  

The most intense storms produced very large hail and damaging wind gusts.  These storms formed along a nearly stationary front that stretched across the southern half of the NWS Quad Cities forecast area.  Hail around 1.5 inches in diameter and tree damage were reported, especially in far southeast IA and northwestern IL.

Repeat thunderstorms also produced very heavy rainfall, with reports up to 4 inches. Due to the recent dry conditions, no high impact flash flooding was reported.

 

Surrounding Office Summaries

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Hail up to Ping-Pong Ball Size that occurred between Keota and Wellman IA. (Courtesy Tyler Romoser)