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Welcome rains for the western Corn Belt

Across the Corn Belt, much-needed rain is falling in the vicinity of southern Iowa and other previously dry western production areas. However, a Flash Flood Warning was in effect for parts of Kansas and Missouri as some of the storms produced heavy rain over relatively short periods of time.

On the Plains, unsettled weather is generating showers from the Dakotas to Kansas, bringing some localized relief from drought and dryness. Rain also benefits immature sorghum and cotton over sections of the southern Plains, where highs Monday are expected to reach the upper 80s and lower 90s .

In the South, heat and humidity — but few showers — dominate much of the interior Southeast, as rainfall will generally be confined to the Gulf and southern Atlantic Coasts.

In the West, warm, mostly dry weather prevails, although showers are scattered throughout the Southwest. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect along the California / Oregon border as other fires rage across the Northwest. Air quality alerts are in effect for several locations suffering the effects of smoke from the current wildfires.

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