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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

A strong mesoscale convective system (MCS) tracked east-southeastward through parts of central Illinois early in the morning of June 17, 2022, bringing damaging winds, areas of very heavy rainfall over 5 inches in a few spots, and a few reports of hail up to 1 inch diameter (quarter size).
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