Harry Potter Fans With No Life

Both of you be sure to have your flashlights handy!!1

It is suppose to get scorching hot here for the rest of the week - not a drop of rain in sight.

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More storms for today.
The NWS confirmed nine tornadoes in Illinois on Monday.

holy crap!

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But Howler, at least we're getting rain.


THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING
WILL BRING MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TO THE REGION. HOWEVER A
WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY WITH WARM AND MUGGY
AIR FLOODING INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED AT FIRST AND
EVOLVE INTO A LINE OR CLUSTER. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND WITH RECENT RAINS
ACROSS THE REGION THERE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY AND A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS TIME.

AREA RIVERS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

General Overview

What: Three rounds of strong thunderstorms tracked east across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri, as a cold front pushed east across Iowa.
1) Widespread wind damage - east central Iowa into extreme northwest Illinois
2) Golf ball to baseball sized hail - south half of Linn County (Cedar Rapids area) into northern Cedar County
3) Wind damage, flooding rains, & a few tornadoes - NE MO, Sterling/Rock Falls, Edgington, IL - More -
When: June 22, 2015 - 8am-10am, 1230pm-3pm, 630pm-830pm
Tornado(s): 3 tornadoes: 1 in Edgington, IL area , 2 in Sterling/Rock Falls, IL area, and straight line winds in Memphis, MO area.
Rainfall Amounts: Widespread 1-2 inches north of I80 (with isolated higher totals over 3 inches in eastern Whiteside County) and in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri (see maps)
Hail Sizes: Pea sized (0.25") to Baseball sized (2.75")
Wind Speeds: 60-95 mph
Flooding Issues: Eastern Whiteside County
Lightning: no damage reported
Hardest Hit Areas: Highway 20 Corridor (Wind Damage) - Palo-Cedar Rapids Area-Mechanicsville (Large Hail) - Sterling/Rock Falls(Tornado Damage) - Edgington, IL (Tornado Damage) - NE Missouri (Wind Damage)

yes you are.
I'd take half of it (without the winds and tornado)

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The storms predicted never materialized. Guess the forecasters are still a bit on edge.

after 9 tornadoes, I can understand why!

it is predicted that we may get a dribble of moisture tomorrow ... we will see!

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Much cooler today, with rain.

"with rain" ... you just had to add that didn't you?

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