Here is the tornado that dropped down near Patch Grove and moved to near Bloomington in Grant County WI last evening. There was some minimal damage to a house and farm but nobody was home at the time. We’ll see later today what the rating will be on this tornado from the NWS in La …
Month: September 2012
Iowa Weather Report September 5th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfabsLKr4c&w=640&h=480] SEVERE WEATHER MOVING OUT: Even though there is a slight risk of severe weather for mainly this morning into this afternoon in the far eastern counties, the main threats look to remain in Illinois eastward through the day, although anyone traveling east and SE today will need to keep an eye to the …
Slight risk for severe thunderstorms tonight.
Image from SPC A Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms has been issued today for Southeastern Minnestoa, Northeast Nebraska, Northern and Central Iowa, Western and Northern Wisconsin. This includes all of the local area. A cold front will push across the region today into a warm humid airmass. Thunderstorms will spark on this front in Minnesota, …
Iowa Weather Report September 4th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-UmM6vH_sI&w=640&h=480] MORE RAIN: There is still some more chances of showers and thunderstorms today into early tomorrow across the state. There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across a good portion of northern and central Iowa. The main threats will be from large hail and damaging straight line winds. …
1 more Hot and Humid Day with Needed rain threat tomarrow along with the chance for severe thunderstorms tomarrow. Pleasently cooler for the middle part of the week.
Regional weather view. There is some weather to speak of in the Upper Midwest this week. A weather system moving across the region will spark showers and thunderstorms to parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Northern Iowa. Some of these storms will have the chance to become severe. This system will bring much needed rain to …
Iowa Weather Report September 3rd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfKAxgzpTjw&w=640&h=480] ACTIVE LABOR DAY: The holiday weekend is going to come to an end with some possible active weather across the state. There is a slight risk of severe weather for mainly this afternoon into this evening for a large section of the state. The main threats would be from isolated large hail and …
Service Change Notice regarding SPC Experimental Thunderstorm Outlooks
NOUS41 KWBC 231822 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 12-29 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 120 PM EDT Thu Aug 23 2012 To: Subscribers: -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort Other NWS partners and employees From: Eli Jacks Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch Subject: Transition of NWS …
Service Change Notice regarding SPC Day 3 Outlooks
NOUS41 KWBC 121515 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 12-26 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 1115 AM EDT Thu Jul 12 2012 To: Subscribers: -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS partners and NWS employees From: Russell Schneider Director, Storm Prediction Center Subject: General Thunderstorm Information Added to …
Summer 2012 Precip Totals
Here is a tabulation of the summer of 2012 rainfall totals across the region. There were a few locations that aren’t on this list that have been in the past (Estherville, Ames, Marshalltown and Lamoni due to the climate data from NWS Des Moines failing to show the precipitation totals on their data anymore). Many …
Iowa Weather Report September 2nd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ijRmm3gujM&w=640&h=480] SMALL BREAK: The rain or in many cases the lack thereof from what was once Hurricane Isaac is moving away today leaving the state with mostly sunny skies and readings in the 80s to lower 90s. A few clouds could linger in the far eastern counties through at least the morning hours but …