This weather event has come and gone with little fanfare. While there were numerous reports of tornadoes across Central Iowa, things here were just too stable. This morning's thunderstorms allowed dry air to filter in from the northeast. This afternoon, storms formed over Central Iowa and moved east. When they encountered the dry air over Northern Illinois, they diminished. Much like how magnets repel each other if their polarities are switched, the storms veered south into Central Illinois where there was plenty of moisture available.While there will be a few bursts of heavy rain over Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin through early morning, the severe threat for our area is over for this go-around. -ERIC
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So is there a severe risk with the storms tomorrow??
If so is the risk greater than today's was?
This is getting really dissappointing...why does it seem that we never see thunderstorms in Rockford anymore???
because we are in a valley and storms go all around us. its called the rockford curse.
Looks to be some stuff brewing on the radar to the west...any chance of that getting here anytime soon??
In looking at the radar @ 7am. Any chance of that to the west moving this way? Seems like a lot of "training" over there.
I wouldn't say there is no threat for severe weather today, but the risk is quite minimal. A batch of showers is sitting in eastern Iowa right now and it is moving east at around 30 mph. If they hold together these showers should reach Winnebago County by lunchtime.
The training of storms is significant from a Cedar Rapids to Quad Cities to Peoria line. Flash Flood warnings and watches are out for several counties across eastern Iowa and westcentral Illinois.
Adam Painter
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