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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. 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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