Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair for Friday. Notes: AM means the morning hours through Noon. PM refers to the evening hours from 6pm-close. The chances of storms are between 40-70% with the main activity taking place in the late afternoon into evening hours.
Month: August 2010
Dry Weather Ending, Severe Weather Returning
Wednesday was a welcome relief of the constant heavy rainfalls the state has been receiving over the last couple of days. Skies were mostly sunny, but temperatures were still in the upper 80s to middle 90s across the state with high humidity. Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings remain in effect through Friday evening for …
Extremely Heavy Rain Hit the area, Major Flooding in parts of St Croix and Dunn Counties. 3 year record rainfall broken at my location.
GRl3 image showing where the heaviest rains fell. Large image Here Significant heavy rains fell across Western Wisconsin late yesterday. Slow moving thunderstorms developed near a front and trained over the same areas, causing moderate to heavy rain to fall for hours. 2 to 6 inches of rain was reported with the highest report of …
Iowa State Fair 2010 Day 1 Forecast
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair for Thursday. (There is an Excessive Heat Warning in effect for Polk County) Also there has been and continues to be a lot of flooding in and around the Des Moines Metro area. Be prepared for any detours that you may have to take to get …
Heat Wave Continues
Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings remain in effect through Friday evening for a large portion of the state. Heat Indices will be over 100° in the southern half of the state during the daylight hours Thursday and again on Friday, with actual readings in the 90s. Make sure you take the appropriate precautions that …
More on Ames and Des Moines Flooding
Latest on Central Iowa Flooding (From KCCI) Full Article Here Residents in Ames, more than 56,500 people, were told Wednesday afternoon that they must now boil their water before using it or use bottled water. The city’s water system is now considered contaminated after a water main break State troopers are closely watching water levels …
Record Flooding Along South Skunk River
Here are the river forecasts for the South Skunk River from Ames down to Oskaloosa, where Record flooding is either occuring (as is the case with Ames) or is forecast. …THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUTATION. RECORD FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER… …FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING… …
Flooding in Ames
This article is from KCCI in Des Moines: Ames officials urged residents living in low-lying areas to seek higher ground Tuesday night as more rainfall pounded central Iowa for the third night in a row. City officials say they can’t accurately predict crests on the Skunk River and Squaw Creek until the rainfall ends. They …
Flash Flood Warning (Appanoose, Davis, Monroe and Wapello) until 8:30am
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 219 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… WAPELLO COUNTY …
New Warning (Jasper and Polk) until 1:45am
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 105 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 104 …