No Video Today WE NOW RETURN YOU TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING: Temperatures will return finally after this historic snowfall event into the mid 40’s Northwest to nearly 60 Southeast. The agreement among the models is that rain showers will be prominent throughout the day today with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, along with cloudy skies. This trend …

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DMX: 2 NNE Forest City [Winnebago Co, IA] co-op observer reports SNOW of M11.0 INCH at 07:00 AM CDT This is the new May daily and monthly snowfall record for Iowa. Confirmed by NWS Des Moines. 

…SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE WITH STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF IOWA… SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES.

…THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL THIS EVENING… AT 706 PM…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL…UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER…ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE …

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is currently monitoring the potential (40%) for a Severe Thunderstorm Watch to be issued later tonight. At least an isolated severe potential will exist for later tonight from a corridor from Northeast KS/Southeast NE  into Extreme Northwest Missouri and Southwestern/South Central Iowa. A watch doesn’t appear imminent at …

…STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL THIS EVENING… AT 903 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HUMBOLDT COUNTY… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL…WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH…BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LAKE CORNELIA… GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH …

UPDATE: The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma says that it is now also looking at the possibility (40%) of a watch in Eastern Iowa (along with Central/Western Iowa) as it goes farther into the next couple of hours. Storms with 2″+ hail in Eastern Iowa have already been occurring and the SPC says that …

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is monitoring Iowa for a possible (40%) chance of a watch within the next couple of hours. Isolated severe potential exists for this evening for portions of Central/Western Iowa and a small cell already exists over Webster county. As more convective ingredients increase over the next couple of hours, …

Written by Office of the Governor, via Iowa EMA on April 19, 2013. Governor Terry E. Branstad today issued a proclamation activating the Iowa Individual Assistance Program for five counties in eastern Iowa in the wake of recent storms and flooding.Counties included in the proclamation are Cedar, Johnson, Mahaska, Scott, and Washington. Beginning April 17, heavy …