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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Overview

 

  • Multiple rounds of storms passed over northern Illinois during Tuesday afternoon and evening.
  • Very heavy rain caused flooding across much of northern Illinois along and north of I-88.
  • Some areas received 2-4 inches of rainfall Tuesday.
  • We received reports of three tornadoes. Two were extremely short lived and produced no reports of damage.  The third struck Manhattan, IL in Will County and was rated EF-1.  More information is provided in the tornado tab.
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