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Severe Weather Potential Today and Tomorrow

The Storm Prediction Center has outlined two risks of severe weather for today and tomorrow as our first area of low pressure moves off eastward. Forecasts have changed since yesterday and it is now expected that the majority of the significant weather originally planned will now be primarily across the Southern/Central Plains and Southern/Middle Mississippi Valley. There will likely still be a handful of cells that make there way up into southeastern Iowa. This will not be a widespread event, instead isolated, but will have a very favorable environment for very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Anyone in this area should monitor the latest forecasts and stay tuned for the latest.

Thursday is still very dependent upon what happens Wednesday, where the boundaries lay out, how long storms stick across, etc. Storms will likely start initially supercellularly as re-development happens in eastern Iowa before evolving into an MCS or linear squall line. All threats will again be possible with this. The tornado threat will be the greatest early in the afternoon before things transition to a damaging wind risk as it turns linear.

Stay tuned to the Iowa Weather Network for the latest information!