Below: Flooding in Cedar Rapids Iowa - Above is the terrible flooding in southern Wisconsin.

Thunderstorms on the way

Heavy thunderstorms have spread into extreme southwestern Ontario tonight and continue to move very slowly north and east. It has been a very warm and muggy day in Ontario with temperatures in the upper twenties. Expect some of these storms to produce very heavy rains, in excess of 50mm in a very short period of time in some cases as they move into eastern Ontario and Kemptville overnight and Saturday. The storms have had a history of flooding across the US Midwest and Great Lakes.

Speaking of this area it has been an incredible year so far regarding flooding. Many areas have a had a years worth of rain in less than a month. Some places are approaching 20 inches of rain since the start of June. The severe flooding has pushed some rivers to record values, even higher than the floods of 1993. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa the record flood of the Cedar River of 20 feet set in 1929, has been smashed as the height of the river settled just under 32 feet today. More storms are occurring at this hour adding to the death toll and the damage.