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 …
Author: Henry Luker
Significant Severe Weather Potential Wednesday and Thursday
An area of low pressure over Kansas is migrating northeast this morning, bringing a line of showers and thunderstorms across northern Missouri into southeast Iowa and Illinois. This activity is expected to remain under severe limits for the most part, however an isolated strong to severe cell cannot be ruled out. Additional elevated activity will …
Active Weather Pattern this Week with Severe Weather Potential
An active week of weather is ahead with multiple disturbances to note early in the week. A stationary front is currently stalled across the northern portions of our coverage area, extending roughly from Rock Valley to Charles City to Galena, IL. Pressure gradients also are tightening from west to east as a low pressure lurks west of the …
Much Needed Rainfall to Arrive this Week
An active weather pattern is expected to continue this week, hopefully putting an end to the dry conditions we’ve seen over the last several days. A strong low pressure center over Kansas will drift a cold front across the area overnight. Lows are expected to drop to the 40s and 50s tonight with generally no concerns. Winds …
3:50 PM: Watch Possible in Northwestern Iowa
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is monitoring for the potential for a Severe Thunderstorm Watch to be posted in northwestern Iowa, central and eastern Nebraska, northern Kansas, far southeastern South Dakota, and southwestern Minnesota. Thunderstorm is expected along the cold front moving into the area over the next couple of hours with large …
Severe Weather on Deck for Today; Damaging Winds and Large Hail Primary Threats
Only change to mention in this mornings forecast is to note that the elevated risk of severe weather posted by the Storm Prediction Center has been trimmed back to areas generally west of a line from Mason City to Clarinda. A low pressure center will be the foundation of a warm front which will pass through …
Severe Weather Still on Tap for Wednesday; Large Hail/Damaging Winds Possible
Not a lot of updates to share about severe weather on Wednesday with the current forecast, published yesterday, still on track. A pair of low pressure centers in Manitoba and in northern Minnesota with an associated cold front extending into the Upper Mississippi Valley into the Central Plains looks to set the stage for severe weather …
Severe Weather Potential Wednesday; Damaging Winds Primary Threat
After the several ups and downs of March with rain, snow, a mixture, warmth, coolness: virtually everything you expect out of Iowa, the severe weather season is finally looking to uncork across the state as a cold front extending from a low pressure center in western Ontario to the southern Plains moves through the area …
Severe Weather Awareness Week 2015 – Family Preparedness
Disasters of all kinds disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Each disaster has lasting effects, both to people and property. If a disaster occurs in your community, local government and disaster-relief organizations will try to help you, but need to be ready as well. Local responders may not be able to reach you …
Severe Outbreak in South Central US Awakens Relatively Quiet Tornado Season
A relatively quiet severe weather season was brought back to life yesterday with seven tornadoes being reported across the Southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley regions. This brings the total tornadoes for March to eight, which comparatively speaking to the last three years, is very below average. 2015 as a whole has been quiet thus far with only …