Month: August 2011

Gardening, Uncategorized

Warm and Humid Saturday with Severe afternoon storms possible, Cooler and clearing Sun Updated X1

Regional Weather View. Focus for Saturday is on a stationary front/cold front system moving through the Upper Midwest. This system will spread hot and humid condtions back into the region, along with elevated chance for severe storms across much of the Upper Midwest including Iowa, much of Minnesota and Eastern South Dakota and northern half …

Uncategorized

Thunderstorms with Brief Torrential Rain are possible for Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Union, and Wayne

CLARKE-DECATUR-LUCAS-RINGGOLD-UNION-WAYNE- 726 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 …THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN… AT 719 PM CDT…A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BRIEF PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… VAN …

Forecast, Uncategorized

Favorable Funnel Cloud Formation in SC and SW Iowa

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 336 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATLANTIC…GREENFIELD…WINTERSET…INDIANOLA…CORNING…CRESTON…OSCEOLA…CHARITON…ALBIA… BEDFORD…MOUNT AYR…LEON…CORYDON…CENTERVILLE…BLOOMFIELD …CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS… CURRENT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS. USUALLY…THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS FORM FROM SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS. THESE FUNNELS ARE NORMALLY BRIEF…DROP ONLY A FEW HUNDRED …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 8/5/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtPiu-NFmM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] RAIN AND COOLER: Chances of rain will come and go over the next few days. The next chance will come across the southwestern counties later today into Saturday. The best chance statewide comes Saturday afternoon into Saturday night, with another frontal system moving through. Some severe weather could be possible on Saturday with …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Important-Big Changes coming very soon- August 15th move to Rochester,Minnesota & blog coverage area change.

This post is letting viewers know of a huge change coming to my blog with in the next two weeks, but before I do I’d like to explain what my blog has been about. I’d like to first say that I grew up right here in Western Wisconsin in the village of Clayton. I started …

Flooding

Flash Flood Warning (Clarke, Lucas and Warren) until Midnight

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 555 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 8/3/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar3Sw7eJz3Q?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] DRY WEDNESDAY: After a few VERY isolated showers and thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and evening, today will be sunny and dry with temperatures slightly cooler (or much cooler given that Fairfield hit 106° yesterday). Temperatures will be in the mid 80s to 90 with slightly lower dewpoints in the mid 60s to near 70, …

Gardening, Uncategorized

August 2nd-Widespread storms cause severe wind damage and flooding. Noted for being significant for wind at my location with high wind reading.

Low hanging clouds from 2nd storm to hit my location August 2nd 2011 The area again dealt with severe storms this Tuesday, There were two strong waves in particular, one during the early morning hours, and a second in the mid morning hours. Whats different about this one is a large chunk the area was …