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Storm Surge Flooding Continues in the Outer Banks; Dangerous Heat in the West

Storm surge flooding will continue through tonight in the Outer Banks in North Carolina as Hurricane Erin continues to move away from the U.S. Wind gusts up to tropical storm force are possible along the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England coasts through Friday. A dangerous, record heat wave will continue across the Desert Southwest and the Central Valley of California through Saturday. Read More >

Overview

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri during the afternoon and evening of Monday, September 3, as an upper level disturbance tracked across the region. One thunderstorm intensified into a supercell, and produced a few tornados as it tracked across Benton and Linn counties during the late afternoon and early evening.  Another storm produced a tornado on the west northwest side of Cedar Rapids shortly after 9 PM CDT. 

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