Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
It may be Severe Weather Awareness week but the latest storm dumped quite a bit of snow in far northeast Iowa and adjacent parts of SE Minnesota, SW Wisconsin into Northwestern Illinois. Here are some of the snowfall reports received through mid-day Monday. Woodman WI 15 Fennimore WI 15 Prairie Du Chien WI 13 Waukon …
With Severe Weather Awareness Week beginning today, each day we will be focusing on different topics. Today, our main focus is flash flooding. Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm related hazard, resulting in more than 140 fatalities each year. Most flash floods are caused by slow moving thunderstorms, …
AN ACTIVE WEEK AHEAD: The weather pattern is getting more active across the area this week with several systems bringing much needed precipitation to the state. The current system that bought some snow and wintry mix across the northeastern counties of the state will be moving out early on today. Any precipitation should be ending …
As of 11:45pm, light snow was seen on radar from Estherville through Mason City, Decorah, and north of Oelwein. Heavier accumulations were seen from Postville to Oelwein. Scattered showers were also seen from Waterloo through Ottumwa and thunderstorms near Carroll and around Greenfield. Temperatures ranged from 28° at Decorah to 55° and Shenandoah, which pretty much …
The National Weather service has had winter weather advisories up for most of the day across far northeastern Iowa for some snow that has been falling in those areas. They have expanded it further southwest over time and have since triggered a Winter Storm Warning for Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee and Clayton counties through the rest …
Spring is continuing to progress here in southern Iowa and now residents have begun to take notice. Lawns have begun to turn green and early trees and shrubs such as Lilac bushes and Willows have started to develop leaves, adding a rare hint of green on a relatively dull landscape. My Northern Gold Forsythia has …
SPRING INTO ACTIVITY: As we head into the weekend, today will be partly to mostly sunny across the state with readings in the upper 40s north to the lower 60s in the south. The next disturbance will move into the state on Sunday and this could bring a plethora of precipitation to the area. With …
SEASONAL AND CALM: It will remain somewhat quiet for a few more days before the weather pattern begins to get active once again. Today we’ll see mostly sunny skies around with readings well into the 50s and 60s across the state as we start Spring later this evening. Parts of western Iowa could reach the …
The NOAA Weather Radio transmitter in Waterloo (WXL94) is off the air due to a communications or hardware failure, according to the National Weather Service in Des Moines. They say technicians have been notified, but there is no estimated restore time. The NOAA Weather Radio in Waterloo broadcasts on a frequency of 162.550 MHz and …
REST OF THE WEEK: There will be a few more clouds around as we move through the end of the week but most places look to stay dry as any precipitation chances look to stay away from the state. There are some slight chances late tonight in the far northern counties and some slight chances …