Month: April 2012

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IASWC Weather Story 4/29/12

ISSUANCE: Another unpleasant day will be seen over the area with widespread showers and thunderstorms. Highs will range from the upper 50’s northeast to the mid 60’s southwest. More thunderstorms chances will linger through the week with a strong to severe chance Wednesday. SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEST…WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED …

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Air Quality Awareness Week is April 30th-May 4th

Air Quality Awareness Week April 30-May 4, 2012 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service urge Americans to “Be Air Aware” during Air Quality Awareness Week NOAA’s National Weather Service and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are urging Americans to “Be Air Aware” through its …

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Strong Thunderstorm near Carroll

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH… AT 624 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARROLL…MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL…WINDS UP TO 50 MPH…FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LIDDERDALE… LANESBORO… BREDA… LAKE CITY… AUBURN… YETTER…

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Strong Thunderstorm to Affect Portions of Guthrie, Greene, and Carroll counties

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF GUTHRIE…GREENE AND CARROLL COUNTIES… AT 542 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL GUTHRIE COUNTY…MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL…WINDS UP TO 50 MPH…FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… COON RAPIDS… BAYARD… …

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Significant Weather Advisory for Monona, Shelby, Pottawattamie, and Harrison counties until 5:45PM

…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONONA…SHELBY…NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT… AT 509 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOORHEAD TO WALNUT…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IDA GROVE TO 77 MILES NORTH OF TARKIO…AND MOVING …

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Increasingly Cold for Saturday and Yes, wet snow flakes could mix in with Saturdays rain! Then quick warm up with it looking increasingly warmer for Sunday/Monday, but still looks wet.

Regional weather view. It has been going a bit backwards in our seasons now, The main story for the weekend is a storm system passing through the Upper Midwest. The center of low pressure will pass through Iowa, spreading widespread rains across South/North Dakota, Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. There is even the threat that  a …