Month: April 2010

Gardening, Uncategorized

Cold lows Friday Morning. Some places fell into the teens!

Daffodils which made it through 20 degree temperatures completely unharmed April 9th A strong cool high pressure system bringing cool daytime highs and calm winds, made for a cold night across the area Thursday night into Friday Morning. All weather stations across the 6 county area fell well below freezing Some spots even hit the …

Severe Weather, Storm Reports

Damage Survey from Storms in Central Iowa Last Evening

…PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR MARION…JASPER AND POWESHIEK COUNTIES… THE STORM SURVEY INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING AND SUBJECT TOFURTHER COORDINATION WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES….DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL… THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER MARION…JASPER AND POWESHIEK COUNTIES ON APRIL 6TH. * EVENT DATE: APRIL 6TH* …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Dry next 3 days expected, but Chilly tempetures Thursday. Quick Warm up starting Friday.

Regional View. A Chilly High pressure system has brought some cooler weather to the Upper Midwest. It will be especially cool across Eastern Wisconsin and Illinois where a low pressure system will actually bring accumulating snowfall to that area with highs in the 30s and 40s. Weather to the West over Western Wisconsin, Iowa and …

Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Watch #60 until 4am

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective until 4am Wednesday morning for the following counties, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Van Buren, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott. Thunderstorms continue moving to the northeast along the advancing cold front moving through the eastern and southeastern parts of the state late this …

Severe Weather

TORNADO WARNING (Jasper, Mahaska and Poweshiek) until 8:15pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 741 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 815 …