There is a slight risk for severe weather for Thursday for the northern part of Iowa. This is mainly north of a line from Sioux City to Newton to the Quad Cities. This would include places like Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Spencer and Mason City. The threats will be large hail and damaging …
Month: July 2008
Rainfall Surplus/Deficits
Here is the Rainfall Surplus/Deficits for some cities in the midwest through Tuesday. The color code goes as follows. Purple meaning 175%+ average rainfall for YTD Dark Blue 150-175% average Green 125-150% average Teal 110-125% average Blue 100-110% average Red <100% average
Midday Outlook
A few showers were moving into NW Iowa. These storms will likely produce some moderate to at times heavy rain as they move toward Rock Rapids, Rock Valley, Sioux Center, Sibley and Sheldon in the next 90 minutes. Hot Humid weather is the norm around Iowa today with temperatures at noon already into the 80s …
River Flooding Update #3
A few rivers are still flooding at this time. However many of the rivers have gone down below flood stage OR did not go above flood stage as predicted and have begun to fall. The current rivers that are flooding in Iowa include: The Des Moines River at Ottumwa (Moderate Flooding, will fall below flood …
Landscapes of NW Wisconsin.
Here is a Cool Map that I put together. Showing the Different landscapes and trees types in the 6 county area! areas colored in Dark Red is where the landscape is more Sandy. and Where Red Pine and Jack pine tree stands are more common Also Birch and aspen are common there. The Green is …
Slight Risk Wednesday
There is a slight risk for Severe Weather on Wednesday for NW Iowa mainly Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Clay, O’Brien and Sioux Counties. This would include the Iowa Lakes region and the city of Spencer. This is along a warm front that is forecast to move north of Iowa later in the day. Storms will fire …
Late Evening Update
A little after 9:30, there is only a few light showers remaining in southern Iowa south of IA Hwy 92. The showers are moving off to the east. These showers will likely produce a tenth of an inch of rain when they move through in the next couple of hours. Otherwise conditions should remain warm …
New Warning (Jackson, Jones)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 608 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… EAST CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 715 …
Flash Flood Warning (Hamilton, Story)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 455 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT …
4:45 Update
A batch of strong to severe thunderstorms is moving across the Mississippi River in SE Iowa into WC Illinois at this time. This is on the leading edge of the remnants of Dolly as it moves to south of the state. Another “band” of showers and embedded thunderstorms was situated along and just north of …