Minor Flooding Cedar River at Vinton until Monday morning – Stage was 17.1/15′ – Major Flooding Forecasted (19.5′) Cedar River at Waterloo until Sunday afternoon – Stage was 17.5/13′ – Flooding will Continue/Rise to 18.6′ Des Moines River near Eddyville until Tuesday morning – Stage was 56.2/61′ – No Flooding/Minor Flooding Forecasted/ Rise to …

Author: Henry Luker, Lead Forecaster Contributor: Jeff Wilcox, Meteorologist-in-Charge It seems like it will never end. From severe weather to flooding, we’ve been seeing the same thing over and over again for the past two or three days. Flash Flood Warnings, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, and River Flood Warnings seem to be a common thing now. Well, here …

The primary headline to highlight here is the significant flash flooding & river flooding potential across Iowa tonight. Many areas across Central Iowa have already had 6-8″  of rain in the past days, with some areas reaching nearly 10″. Combined with more rain today, flash flooding will easily be possible, along with many rivers rising …

Kanawha schoolnet 4.99 Marshalltown airport 4.89 Grinnell airport 4.80 Mount Union public 4.50 Orange City airport 3.87 Sheldon airport 3.58 Iowa Falls airport 3.10 Spencer airport 2.85 Iowa Falls schoolnet 2.77 Forest City schoolnet 2.61 Brooklyn schoolnet 2.46 Monticello airport 2.24 Le Mars airport 2.19 Washington airport 2.03 Cherokee airport 1.90 Algona airport 1.86 Quad …

Minor Flooding Cedar River at Cedar Rapids until Sunday morning – Stage was 8.1/12′ – No Flooding/Rise to 13.3′ Saturday/Drop Sunday Cedar River at Janesville until Midnight Tonight – Stage was 13.9/13′ – Drop Below Flood Stage Tonight Cedar River at Vinton until Friday – Stage was 11.9/15 – No Flooding/Rise to 15.4′ Friday/Drop Friday …

…FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR DALLAS…POLK AND STORY COUNTIES… …THREE SHORT LIVED TORNADOES EMBEDDED WITHIN A LARGER AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OCCURRED FROM DALLAS INTO FAR SOUTHERN STORY COUNTIES… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER DALLAS COUNTY ON MAY 19 2013. TORNADO ONE * ESTIMATED START TIME: 632 …

Well, mother nature, as well all know it, has her ways. 55 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and 9 Tornado Warnings yesterday, and lots of heavy rain saturating the soil. You would think she would have enough, but, of course, she doesn’t. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted a elevated risk for severe weather …

ALLIANT POWER OUTAGES ********************* Appanoose 376/6146 Benton 2126/6652 Buchanan 295/2482 Cedar 1/4737 Cerro Gordo 129/23988 Dallas 74/5445 Davis 218/504 Des Moines 1201/17072 Iowa 3175/5090 Jasper 3/12712 Jefferson 155/6375 Johnson 75/7944 Keokuk 1922/4997 Lee 21/16469 Linn 31350/91908 Louisa 86/3883 Lucas 97/3681 Mitchell 2/1863 Poweshiek 2/6573 Story 1/10329 Tama 2/5388 Van Buren 5/2107 Wapello 23/15955 Washington 1498/9937 …

WOUS64 KWNS 200107 WOU7 BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 187 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 810 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 TORNADO WATCH 187 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IAC005-011-019-031-037-043-045-055-057-061-065-067-087-089-095- 097-101-103-105-107-111-113-115-131-139-163-177-183-191- 200800- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0187.130520T0110Z-130520T0800Z/ IA . IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLAMAKEE BENTON …

786 WFUS53 KDMX 192245 TORDMX IAC025-151-187-192330- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0002.130519T2245Z-130519T2330Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 545 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA… NORTHWESTERN …