The latest flood outlooks show that the chances for flooding on area rivers and streams this spring as at or below normal. This may be due to the lack of snowpack left in the state. Links are below. NWS Des Moines Flood Outlook NWS Quad Cities Flood Outlook
Month: February 2009
Snow Amounts Feb 27-28th
Heavy snow has moved into Missouri, Arkansas and western Tennessee.
Early Morning Snow
Snow is moving through the state in the wee hours of the morning. The heaviest snow was SW of Des Moines at 3am. Winter Weather Advisories continue for areas SW of a line from Rock Valley to Carroll to Des Moines to Corydon where up to 5 inches of snow will be possible. The snow …
Another Round of Snow
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory which goes into effect at 3pm and is in effect until Midnight tonight for Plymouth and Woodbury counties. A Winter Weather Advisory is also in effect for the following counties until 9am Saturday morning, Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page. Snow will …
looking a bit warmer this weekend Much warmer by Monday
Weathermap for Saturday, Saturday Night, Sunday and Sunday Night. Weather for this weekend will be Dry after Thursdays snowstorm. it will be cool for this time of year due to a northwest flow behind the storm. Saturday there may be some clouds, but I think mainly it will be partly cloudy. with it warming up …
Thursdays snowstorm report.
Big snowdrift in our Front yard. A strong system pushed though the area on Thursday. it seemed like it took a while for the snow to start, but once it did it got heavy, and it got heavy fast. To me, this storm seemed like a spring like snowstorm, because the snow was wet-like in …
Precip Moving Out
Rain (at times mixed with sleet and snow to the north and embedded thunderstorms to the south is beginning its exit out of the state this afternoon. At 3:30 most of the precip was east of US Hwy 63 except in Ottumwa and Bloomfield where thundershowers continued to persist. The heaviest showers and storms were …
Atypical of February
Above is a map of lightning strikes that have taken place between Noon and 2pm. Most of the lightning has been concentrated on the midwest including Iowa. Some of the thunderstorms have produced sleet and even some heavy snow in Minnesota. This is very similiar to a complex of thunderstorms usually seen in late spring …
Flooding Possible
Some heavy seasonal rainfall will likely occur with the thunderstorms moving across eastern Iowa this afternoon. A report of water flowing out of a frozen farm field in Benton County has been reported. With frozen ground, most of the rain will run off which could cause some localized flooding. At just after 2pm, the strongest …
Numerous Thunderstorms
Numerous Thunderstorms are moving across the eastern part of Iowa. Several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been issued this morning and this afternoon. The most severe storm currently is SW of Ottumwa moving NE at 50mph. Dense Fog Advisories continue in SE Iowa, but areas outside the advisory area have also seen visiblities greatly reduce over …