BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 630 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN …
Month: April 2011
New Warning (Poweshiek) until 6:45pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 614 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 611 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER …
New Warning (Benton, Linn, Iowa and Johnson) until 6:45pm
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 606 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY …
New Warning (Mahaska) until 6:45pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 600 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 557 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
TORNADO Watch #82 until Midnight
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a TORNADO Watch until Midnight for the following counties, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Washington, Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello and Wayne. Storms are beginning to fire across southeastern sections of the state. …
Possible Watch for Eastern Iowa Upcoming
TSTM INITIATION IS LIKELY BETWEEN 22-23Z AND SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. WW IS LIKELY…ROUGHLY 70 PERCENT CHANCE. CUMULUS FIELD WAS DEEPENING LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SCNTRL/SERN IA AND EXTREME NCNTRL MO WITHIN A WEAKENING CAP ALONG NOSE OF STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. APPROACH OF LARGE-SCALE …
Record Highs Today
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES WAS SET AT BURLINGTON IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 DEGREES SET IN 1978. (This is the first time since October 11th that Burlington has hit 80°) A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS TIED AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA TODAY. THIS RECORD OF 80 …
Very Warm
Temperatures have warmed quickly across the eastern 3/4ths of the state ahead of a cold front. Readings have touched 80 at Lamoni with a heat index of 81. Dewpoints are nearing 60 across southern Iowa as well, adding fuel for possible thunderstorm development if the cap does begin to weaken.
Waiting Game
As morning has shifted to afternoon, we continue to wait for showers and thunderstorms to begin to fire across the midwest. The Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) numbers have come up with readings over 5 in parts of SE Iowa (Anything over 1-2 is considered significant), CAPE values are still in the 750-1500 J/kg, but the …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/3/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFUqGkZcJE&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WX: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for areas SE of a line from Guttenberg to Lamoni. The main threats look to be large hail and damaging winds, but a tornado cannot be ruled out. This is all dependent on if the cap (CINH) breaks. There …