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Large hail, flooding hits Midwest

By Sarah ParviniStaff Writer 
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The thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail slamming parts of the Midwest could last through the week, according to the National Weather Service.

Thunderstorms, including damaging winds, are expected across a wide swath of southern Illinois as well. Central Missouri and the St. Louis metro area were hit by large hail Tuesday morning, some the size of golf balls.

Photos and video on social media show hail piled on the ground and slamming into cars in Missouri, as well as high waters and flooding in Kentucky.

“We get this weather during this period of the season,” said Butch Dye, a specialist with the National Weather Service. “This is springtime weather for our area.”

Heavy rain triggered some flash flooding Tuesday morning in southern Indiana and  southeast Kentucky.

Storms are expected through the end of the week, Dye said, in Illinois and Kentucky as well.

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Sarah Parvini

Sarah Parvini was a reporter at the Los Angeles Times from 2014 to 2024. She most recently covered the video game industry and previously wrote about California’s diverse communities, with a focus on the state’s shifting demographics. She was part of the team that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack, as well as a member of the investigative unit that uncovered scandals at USC’s medical school. The child of immigrants, she speaks fluent Persian and conversational Spanish.

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