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Areas of Heavy to Excessive Rainfall and Hot Temperatures This Week

Heavy to excessive rainfall could bring areas of flooding at times Monday through Thursday across parts of the central Plains into the Midwest as well as southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue across much of east Texas into the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley through at least midweek. Read More >

Overview

Numerous showers and thunderstorms tracked across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri during the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, August 28.  Very heavy rain, frequent lightning, damaging winds, and a tornado were reported with these storms.  A tornado touched down along the Scott/Clinton county border near Donahue, IA or south of Grand Mound, IA causing damage to trees, crops, and a home.  Winds between 50 and 90 mph caused several downed power lines, power outages, and tree damage.  Rainfall totals between 2 and 4 inches were common along and south of I-80.

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