Month: April 2013

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Small Hail and Brief Heavy Rain Possible with Storms Moving across the Northern Portion of Iowa

…SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE WITH STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF IOWA… SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES.

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Thunderstorms with Small Hail this Evening

…THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL THIS EVENING… AT 706 PM…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL…UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER…ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE …

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WXALERT: Watch in Consideration for SW Iowa

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is currently monitoring the potential (40%) for a Severe Thunderstorm Watch to be issued later tonight. At least an isolated severe potential will exist for later tonight from a corridor from Northeast KS/Southeast NE  into Extreme Northwest Missouri and Southwestern/South Central Iowa. A watch doesn’t appear imminent at …

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Slight Risk of Severe Weather Again Later Today across portions of Iowa

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1227 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2013 VALID 301200Z – 011200Z …THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM NRN KS INTO IA AND WI… …SYNOPSIS… A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL EJECT NEWD FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO ONTARIO DURING THE DAY WITH TRAILING …

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Strong Thunderstorm with Possible Hail this Evening

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL THIS EVENING… AT 903 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL…WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH…BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LAKE CORNELIA… GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH …

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WXALERT: Watch Possible within Next Couple of Hours

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is monitoring Iowa for a possible (40%) chance of a watch within the next couple of hours. Isolated severe potential exists for this evening for portions of Central/Western Iowa and a small cell already exists over Webster county. As more convective ingredients increase over the next couple of hours, …

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Iowa Weather Report April 29th 2013

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZl6bw3gAXA&w=480&h=360] COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN AHEAD: The next week across the state is going to be the most challenging and possibly interesting weeks we’ve seen in quite a while. First off we have a cold front moving through the state today with some showers and thunderstorms mainly in the morning and then again in the …