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Author: Henry Luker
Strong Thunderstorms moving through Western Iowa
…STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN IOWA… AT 831 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MONONA COUNTY…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL…WINDS UP TO 50 MPH…CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT HOUR…SO STAY …
Significant Weather Advisory for Monona, NW Shelby, and N Harrison until 9PM
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MONONA…NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CST… AT 814 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SLOAN TO ONAWA TO TEKAMAH…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY TO 64 MILES SOUTHWEST OF …
WXALERT: Watch Possible (40%) in Iowa over next Couple of Hours
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma is currently monitoring Iowa for a 40% chance of a Severe Thunderstorm Watch over the next couple of hours. Isolated Severe Thunderstorms are possible over North/Central Iowa through 11pm (05z) tonight. Severe Thunderstorms over Nebraska are continuing to move rapidly into Western Iowa packing with them damaging winds …
UPDATED: Tsunami Warning issued for Hawaii
WEHW40 PHEB 280613 TSUHWX HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-280813- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 812 PM HST SAT OCT 27 2012 TO – CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT – TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED …
UPDATED: Tsunami Warnings issued for State of Alaska
WEPA41 PAAQ 280617 TSUWCA BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 7 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 1117 PM PDT SAT OCT 27 2012 THE WARNING IS DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY FOR SE ALASKA AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. MORE OBSERVATIONS ARE INCLUDED BELOW. …THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA …
Winter Weather Awareness Day is November 8th, 2012
The National Weather Service in conjunction with the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency has declared November 8, 2012 as Winter Weather Awareness Day in Iowa.
RESOLVED: Technical Issues regarding RSS and Automated Feeds
Written by Henry Luker, IowaWX.com Technical Administrator and Asst. Chief Forecaster Regarding the issues with the RSS feeds on the Iowa Weather Network Facebook page, those have been solved. We encountered some application error and have been fixed. We are still working with our team to make sure this issue does not come up again. …
Technical Issues regarding IEMBOT Twitter Feeds
Written by Henry Luker, IowaWX.com Technical Administrator and Asst. Chief Forecaster The Twitter feeds that provide the weather alerts service on the sidebar of the IowaWX website have all been suspended by Twitter for “spam”. Now, as we all know, the IEMBOT feeds do not put spam on their feeds. Since they send out 50+ …
WXALERT: Watch Possible for Western Iowa Overnight
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted Mesoscale Discussion #1908, which relates to the possibility of a Severe Thunderstorm Watch over Iowa. Potential does exist overnight for at least a threat of large hail, damaging winds, and even a isolated tornado over North Central, North Western, West Central, and Central Iowa. While a lot …