A band of rain with some thunderstorms extended from near Keosauqua in southeast Iowa to just north of Galesburg, Illinois to near Princeton, Illinois. Some of the stronger storms are capable of producing pea size hail and brief heavy downpours. The rain and isolated thunderstorms are expected to expand into northeast Missouri and the rest …
Month: March 2014
It’s Only March, and there’s a lot of winter left – Winter Weather Advisories for SE Iowa overnight
The National Weather Service has issued Winter Weather Advisories for Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Lee, and Wayne counties from 10:00 PM tonight through tomorrow morning. A strong area of low pressure is expected to track south of the state tonight bringing light to moderate snowfall across south central and southeastern Iowa overnight. The system should …
Afternoon Update on Flood Warnings across eastern Iowa
English River at Kalona: Until this evening. At 1:00 PM Tuesday, the stage was 13.9′, and rising. Flood stage is 14′. No flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. Ice action may cause fluctuations of a foot or more from the expected stage. Forecast: Rise above flood stage today, and continue rising to 14.8′ …
Iowa Weather Report March 11th 2014
TODAY’S EVENT: We’re starting to get a better grasp with the system that will be moving through the state today, tonight into tomorrow morning. A mix of rain and snow will begin in the morning hours in our northern and northwestern counties and move through the state to the east and southeast. Most areas along …
1st 70.F of the season at Des Moines, 60s elsewhere.
Front yard after doing some Spring prep work March 10th 2014 Today was just an outstanding beautiful day across the area. Sunshine was plentiful and temperatures were warm enough that people were wearing shorts. The smell of spring was in the air as well as the ground started to thaw giving us that wet soil …
Update on Flood Warnings for the Skunk River at Augusta and the Iowa River at Marengo
Skunk River at Augusta (AGSI4): Until 1:00 AM Wednesday At 8:30pm Monday, the stage was 14.6′ and rising. Flood stage is 15.0′. No flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. Forecast: Rise to flood stage Tuesday morning, fall back below the flood stage Tuesday afternoon. Ice action may cause fluctuations of a foot or so …
Record High Temperature Tied at Sioux City Today
A record high temperature of 74° was tied at Sioux City, Iowa today. The previous record of 74° was set on this date back in 1967.
Localized Flooding around Central Iowa
Runoff from today’s snow melt has led to significant rises mainly on area creeks and smaller streams, with localized flooding in some lower-lying areas. The area of most impact is along and north of U.S. highway 30, south of U.S. highway 20, and east of U.S. highway 169. Although these rises have also led to …
Iowa Weather Report March 10th 2014
ONE MORE DAY: Another warm sunny day ahead across the state as more of the snowpack melts in areas that still have one. Readings today will range from the upper 40s northeast to perhaps the lower 70s out west. Sioux City hit 72 yesterday for a record high and they may get close again today. …
March 8th-23rd Birthday, Past accomplishments, Blog 6 year anniversary & new things to come!
Yesterday March 8th was my and my brothers (triplets) 23rd birthday and when I first stared my blog I used to post a little about myself every year, but I have not done that in awhile. I’d like to take this time to talk about myself and things that have accomplished that I didn’t have …