The dry weather continues, with sunshine and near average temperatures for this time of year. The air is fairly dry but with ample moisture in the ground, there should be no threat of any grass fires. Moisture will return Tuesday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms at that time. Severe weather looks unlikely for this storm, but some isolated hail and strong winds could be possible with any of the thunderstorms that develop on Tuesday afternoon or on Wednesday across the state. River flooding continues on a rivers across the eastern and southern parts of the state. Outside of that rivers are running high across most of the state from the deluge last weekend. The rivers currently in flood will likely fall below flood stage sometime this week.

ANNIVERSARIES: Today is the 10 year anniversary of the Moore Oklahoma F5 tornado. This tornado killed 36 people and caused 1.1 Billion dollars in damage. It was the deadliest tornado at the time since the Wichita Falls tornado in Texas on April 10th 1979. Tomorrow is the 2 year anniversary of the Greensburg KS EF5 tornado. This tornado became the first tornado to be rated EF5 on the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and was the first EF5/F5 tornado since Moore Oklahoma. (Parkersburg-New Hartford tornado has since joined the list) This tornado which formed at night (After 9pm) and killed 11 people in Greensburg and nearly wiped the town of 1600 off the map. Of note Iowa has had F5/EF5 tornadoes three times in May (since 1950). Oelwein and Charles City on May 15th 1968 and Parkersburg-New Hartford May 25 2008. The other 3 F5’s occurred in the months of June and October (see Belmond Tornado)