Written by the National Weather Service in Des Moines ************************************************* The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared the week of March 25th through March 29th, 2013 Severe Weather Awareness Week. Severe Weather Awareness Week is an annual event to remind Iowans that severe weather is part of …

…A Blizzard Warning remains in effect for Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and Worth counties from 1:00 AM Monday until 10:00 PM Monday… SYNOPSIS: It was quiet again over Iowa today with High Pressure beginning to move Eastward. Mostly Sunny skies prevailed for the majority of Iowa with a few clouds over Eastern …

  Blizzard in late March? That’s a usual for Iowa – but last year, we were seeing completely different weather! From severe weather to record highs, Iowa saw it all. Highs reached the mid to upper 80’s in some areas, record lows were seen in the mid 60’s, and a slight risk of severe weather was …

WEATHER ROUNDUP: Saturday Afternoon brought a major cool-down after temperatures on Friday and Saturday reached the 70 and 60 degree mark in South Central through Southwestern Iowa. Sunday’s high temperatures were in the upper 30’s to lower 40’s, nearly 30 degrees lower than Friday and Saturday. Mostly to Partly cloudy skies prevailed throughout the day …

NOTE: This is a new post that we will be publishing daily that will summarize each days’ weather and give a brief forecast for the next day or two. FRIDAY WEATHER ROUNDUP: Friday was an even more milder day with many areas reaching the low to mid 60’s with Lamoni rocketing to 70. Iowa should …

We have done a extensive clean-up of the Iowa-Skywarn forums (now Iowa Weather Network forums), hoping to bring it back to what it once was. We have cleaned out all of the spam and installed more spam countermeasures to keep promotions and such away from it. Additionally, it will be having a UI update coming out …

Three Iowa Department of Transportation garages across the state have suspended snowplow operations for the overnight hours and will return at 5AM Monday. High Winds have been creating dangerous road conditions for drivers and is causing drifting – which does not let plow drivers make any progress cleaning the roadways.When snowplows to not clear the …

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…RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT DUBUQUE IA… A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.73 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT DUBUQUE IA TODAY THROUGH 7 PM. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.53 SET IN 1887. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 1 AM CST. A FINAL RECORD EVENT REPORT WILL BE SENT SUNDAY MORNING.