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Author: Dan Herrstrom
Red Flag Warning; Some Open Burn Bans Remain
Not much to report on the severe weather front, however due to the high temperatures, breezy winds, and dry conditions the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for northern Iowa effective until around 8 PM this evening. This includes all counties along and north of US 30 and roughly along and west …
Boone County now served by Fort Dodge Weather Radio Transmitter
From the National Weather Service Des Moines website: Boone county residents (especially residents in Northwest Boone county), may now tune their receivers to WXK-84 broadcasting from Fort Dodge. This broadcast will now provide severe weather Watches and Warnings for Boone county. WXK-84 at Fort Dodge broadcasts on 162.400 MHz. Boone county has been, and will …
Continued Warm & Dry, Burn Bans Ongoing..
The rest of this week looks to remain warm and dry across Iowa with highs forecast in the low to mid 90s into early next week with few chances for rain, let alone severe weather. The dry conditions have prompted fire officials in a number of counties to enact bans on open burning. Bremer – …
Updated Outlook
Here is the latest outlook from the Storm Prediction Center, the high risk area has been largely shifted west out of Iowa except for portions of Southwestern Harrison, Western Pottawattamie, Western Mills, and Western Fremont counties. However, much of western Iowa remains in a moderate risk area as outlined by the map below.
Severe Weather Awareness Week — April 2-6, 2012
The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared the week of April 2nd through April 6th, 2012 Severe Weather Awareness Week. Severe Weather Awareness Week is an annual event to remind Iowans that severe weather is part of living in our state and that understanding the risks and …
Weekend Winter Storm
Forecasts are calling for significant snowfall across portions of the state this weekend. In addition to the snow breezy conditions look to cause issues with travel due to blowing and drifting snow. A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for areas along and south of US 30 and along and west of I-35 going into …
Burn Bans Update
Since the last post we have received some precipitation which has eased the conditions across much of the state, as a number of counties have dropped their burn bans. The following counties still have a burn ban in effect according to the State Fire Marshal’s Website: Buena Vista, Cass, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, …
Burn Ban List Grows
An additional 12 counties have been placed under burn bans until further notice, bringing the total up to 27. The current list includes the following Iowa counties: Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Greene, Hancock, Howard, Ida, Jasper, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux, Story, Webster, Winnebago, and …
Red Flag Warnings Issued; More Counties Ban Open Burning
Warm and breezy conditions combined with low humidity has prompted the National Weather Service offices in Sioux Falls and Omaha to issue Red Flag Warnings for much of Western Iowa with these conditions expected to continue through tomorrow. Additionally fire department officials in several counties have enacted bans on open burning until further notice. Counties …