Image from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ There is a slight risk of Severe Thunderstorms this afternoon. After showers this morning there should be breaks in the cloud cover allowing for the hemisphere to become unstable. Severe Thunderstorms are forecasted for form along and ahead of a passing cold front, the main threats with the severe storms will be …
Month: September 2008
Slight Risk Tuesday
There is a slight risk of severe weather Tuesday west of a line from Mason City to Omaha. The main threats on Tuesday in that area will be large hail and damging wind. This is due to a cold front that is expected to move into the state in the afternoon. As they move off …
Rain Here and There
Some scattered showers and embedded thunderstorms continue this evening. They are mostly north of Interstate 80 with the concentration of them being from west of Marengo to Marshalltown to Fort Dodge to Humboldt. They are moving slowly east between 20-25 mph. A few more showers could develop between now and midnight, but none of these …
Mid afternoon Update
The decaying complex continues moving east. A band of light to moderate showers with some embedded thunder stretched from Boone to Rockwell City, the easternmost portion extended from Waterloo to Newton. The easternmost portion is falling apart and may only produce enough rain to dampen the roadways and lawns. The other portion may still bring …
A complex for the Equinox
A complex of thunderstorms is moving through the western and central parts of Iowa at just before 11am. This complex is moving to the east at 25 mph. This will dump at least 1/4-1/2 inch of rain in its duration as it moves through. It is weakening at this time and shouldn’t effect areas east …
Above Normal Temps, Turning Wetter.
Yellow Ash Tree September 22nd It is now officially Fall, but it will be more summer like this week. for Monday high temperatures will be reaching near 80 in some locations of the south! upper 70s everywhere else. Tonight there will be a chance of Showers and Thunderstorms late in the night, with nightime lows …
Isolated Storms
The afternoon has brought another round of very isolated storms. These are mainly south of Interstate 80 and east of Interstate 35. The strongest cell is in northern Washington county near Wellman. These isolated cells will last through sunset when they will dissipate. Elsewhere partly cloudy skies prevail.
Sunday Look
The same type setup will happen again today, with isolated showers and thunderstorms developing. They will be very isolated, with some places getting a downpour and two miles down the road not getting a drop. Some of these storms may approach severe limits like yesterday’s activity in west-central Illinois, but many will not. Temperatures today …
5pm Update
Most of the state of Iowa remained dry but for a lone shower in northern Lee County near Pilot Grove. A new Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued across the river in Mercer County Illinois. This storm was moving west at 17mph and would be at the Mississippi River by 5:15. Given what has occurred with …
Severe Storm in Henderson County IL
Just across the river from Burlington, a very isolated cell has been producing some large hail and wind gusts to 70 mph in Henderson County Illinois. This storm is moving west at 5 mph. It was located 12 miles east of Burlington. In Iowa there is a small cell in SW Lee County near Croton …