THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN… WESTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 517 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. …
Month: May 2009
Scattered Showers Today
There will be scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms around the state today centered around a pesky low pressure system that has been moving slowly northward over the last few days. Currently the center is on the Iowa Missouri border in SW Iowa. This is also where the main concentration of rain is late this morning. …
One Year Later
One year ago on Sunday May 25th, the EF5 tornado struck the towns of Parkersburg and New Hartford in Butler County. This was the first F5/EF5 tornado since the Jordan tornado back on June 13th 1976. This tornado began around 4:45 pm south of Aplington and began moving slowly ENE toward Parkersburg. It hit the …
Tropical Rains Coming
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible today, but most of the state will remain dry today. A tropical low is expected to move northward into the state late Monday and stick around through at least Wednesday. Heavy rainfall is possible with this system. Some river flooding is possible as some of the rivers are …
Maybe some rain? and Happy Memorial Day.
Forecast For Sunday, Memorial Day, and Tuesday. We are looking at Maybe some rain possible in this forecast, Hopefully we get some, because many people agree it is Dry. We will start of Sunny and Nice for Sunday, and then Monday, it will start off sunny then, I guessed it will become more Cloudy. I …
Slow Moving Showers
A few isolated showers and thunderstorms continue early this evening. One was located in Jasper County near Newton, another batch was located along a line extending from Cumberland to Corning to Bedford. These showers were moving to the east between 5 and 10mph. Some locally heavy rain is possible if you get under one of …
Sun and Rain
At sunrise this morning, a few showers and thunderstorms have fired across the state. The largest batch of activity was located in NW part of the state from Garner to Spencer. A few isolated showers have also developed near Cedar Rapids and from Iowa City eastward to north of the Quad Cities. Outside of these …
Ana?
The first tropical system of the year may be forming in the northern Gulf of Mexico this morning. The National Hurricane Center in Miami has the system (Designated as 90AL) as having a high probability of becoming a tropical cyclone before making landfall later today. Whether it becomes a tropical depression or even a tropical …
Rain in the North
Light rain continues moving through the northern tiers of counties in Iowa this afternoon. At mid-afternoon it was along a line extending from Lansing to Northwood to Storm Lake to Sioux City. The showers are moving ENE over the same areas. Rainfall is will light, generally under a quarter inch. The rest of the state …
Off and On Rain
A weak cool front is moving through the state this afternoon. A few scattered showers are expected along the front but will not amount to a lot. There will be and on and off chance of rain throughout the Memorial Day weekend. It won’t rain everyday, it won’t rain everywhere and it won’t rain all …