Iowa has surely seen its share of abnormal weather for this odd start to May, from snow to heavy rain to flooding. But, something we didn’t see as often as usual in April, has yet to show its strength for May, either: Severe weather. But, it looks as of this will change this weekend.

Several models in the past few days have been hinting and have remained consistent to a widespread severe weather outbreak across the Central Plains and the Upper to Middle Mississippi Valley this weekend, prompting the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma to post a Slight Chance of Severe Weather for the entire Western Half of Iowa on Saturday. Strong instability will move into the area along a trough that will move in from the Western United States, and that combined with shear supportive of creating supercells will easily create a classic severe weather setup for Iowa on Saturday. The primary risks with this will be Damaging Winds, Large Hail, and a better-than-usual chance for a few tornadoes.

Stay with the Iowa Weather Network for the latest information on this system.