No words can describe what occurred across the state of Iowa a year ago. Rivers were cresting or within a week of cresting (some at record levels) across the state. At Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River crested 11 feet above the previous record (31.2 feet) on June 13th. The river flowed into neighborhoods that thought …
Month: June 2009
Hummingbird Month and Post about Volias
Clearwing Humming Moth on a Voila flower. I first seen this Bee like creature last year, Which I found out today is a Clearwing Hummingbird moth I was amazed because I had never seen anything like this before. This morning, I was surprised to see that it is back this year, so I grabbed the …
Consistently Inconsistent
The forecast will make people pull their hair out. Forecasters predicted heavy rain was going to fall last night into this morning across the southern part of the state. Hardly a drop of rain fell. Today was projected to be cloudy with intermittent showers and temperatures in the 60s. Some parts of the state are …
Turning Warmer, with more sun. Clayton Centennial coming up!
Weathermap for Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Our weather is about to get Much warmer and We should get to see some more sun. We will start off with partly sunny skies Wednesday, with temperatures in the upper 60s. then Later Wednesday we should be get some clearing. A high pressure system will move in behind …
Rain and Storms
Rain is quickly making an appearance once again in the state. Currently at early afternoon the heaviest of the rain was in southwestern Iowa. There is a Flash Flood Watch that goes into effect at 7pm this evening for the southern part of the state including the counties of, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis, …
Damage Survey Result from June 7th
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 342 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 …FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR DALLAS COUNTY… …BRIEF PATH OF TORNADIC DAMAGE SOUTH OF DALLAS CENTER… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER DALLAS COUNTY ON JUNE 7 2009. * EVENT DATE: JUNE 7 …
Quiet for Now
The cold front has moved through the state early this afternoon. A few light showers were located in the Dubuque area with some thunderstorms in western Illinois. The sky is cloudy for most of the state except in eastern Iowa where some sunshine has come out. It will remain quiet until Wednesday where there is …
The Area got beneficial rain!
Photo taken during a heavy rain shower June 8th Over the past 3 days, The local area has received some much needed, very beneficial rain. What has caused this is a stationary front has been set up over Iowa and Illinois and Strong low pressure systems have formed along This front and moved a lot …
Flash Flood Warning (Des Moines, Lee)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 129 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… …
New Warning (Decatur, Ringgold)
The previous warning in Ringgold county has been cancelled and replaced with this one. BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1238 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH …