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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 tracked east across Iowa Tuesday afternoon and evening bringing damaging wind, occasional lightning, and heavy rain to eastern IA and northwest IL.  The strongest reported winds of 60-70 mph, occurred in Buchanan and Linn counties.  These winds brought down trees and powerlines as they moved through in the evening.

In addition, heavy rain occurred with the highest amounts over 1 inch common in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties in IL.  A brief tornado occurred just west of Winthrop IA in an open field.  Since no visible damage was seen, an EF-U rating was assigned to the tornado.  The NWS would like to thank Buchanan County Emergency Management for assistance with this storm.

 

 

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