VIDEOS DISCONTINUED TEMPORARILY COLD AND SHOWERY: This stubborn upper level low will continue to sit and spin for the next few days with chances of showers off and on today, tomorrow and even into early Friday. Highs will struggle in the 40s and 50s during this time with mainly cloudy skies outside the shower chances. …
Month: April 2014
Spring growth update #6
Another week has past and another week into spring we have progressed! This week featured some warm days and we had lots of rain. Between last week and this week here in the Fairmount Park neighborhood of Des Moines we have seen 2.67″ of rain, and temperatures have been in the 60s and 70s. …
EF1 Tornado Confirmed in Wapello, Keokuk, and Johnson Counties with 48 Mile Total Path Length
From NWS Des Moines for Wapello County Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 108 MPH Path Length: 3.19 Miles Path Width: 150 Yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start: 4/27/2014 3:20 PM – 3.45 Miles East of Highland Center or about 7.5 miles east of the Ottumwa airport End: 4/27/2014 3:24 PM – About 4.75 Miles Northeast of Highland Center or about 9.75 Miles Northeast …
Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch Likely by 3PM
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma says that a Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch may be needed soon due to severe weather potential increasing through this afternoon across southeastern Iowa. Several supercells will be possible across this area with large hail, tornadoes, and isolated damaging winds the primary threat.
More Severe Weather Again on Monday
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted an enhanced risk of severe weather for Des Moines, Louisa, Henry, and southeastern Washington counties in southeast Iowa and an elevated risk expanding out not too far from that. A marginal risk exists for central and western Iowa. Storms are expected to begin firing in …
Tornado Watch #95 until 7pm This Evening
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 95 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1125 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA EASTERN KANSAS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI * EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1125 AM UNTIL …
WXALERT: Enhanced Risk of Severe Weather for Sunday With Possible Upgrades in Later Outlooks
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted an enhanced risk for severe weather for the majority of Iowa today. Numerous severe thunderstorms with strong tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging wind are likely across the area with the greatest threat across southwestern and west central Iowa. Storms that are ongoing this morning …
Update on Today’s Severe Weather Threat
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has removed the majority of western Iowa out of the elevated risk of severe weather. Storms that were expected to fire earlier have not developed due to a strong capping inversion over the central plains at this time. This will eliminate the majority of the severe …
Severe Weather Still on Tap for Today and Tomorrow
A lot of uncertainty exists today with the elevated risk of severe weather that has been posted over western Iowa. Several severe ingredients are coming together that are supportive of severe weather, all in association with a low pressure system moving into the plains tonight. Storms are expected to develop across the west overnight with …
POLYGON Issuance #8 Time to Look Back
POLYGON Issuance #8B (actually the 8th episode due to numbering issues earlier) on April 25th brought together Jason Simpson, the chief meteorologist at WHNT 19 in Huntsville AL and Mike Wilhelm, a storm chaser also from Huntsville AL. The discussion was on the April 27th 2011 outbreak that occurred in the southern United States, that …