THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 444 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DICKENS…OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING …

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… NORTHEASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 438 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTH OF ORLEANS…OR 7 MILES NORTH OF SPIRIT LAKE. A TORNADO …

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT… AT 435 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCER…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 427 PM CDT A ROPE TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH …

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA… * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 421 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR SPENCER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY …

TORNADO WARNING MNC063-212130- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0008.120421T2100Z-120421T2130Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 400 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA… * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 400 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER …

Iowa’s Severe Weather Center Weather Story for Saturday, April 21st, 2012

The daily IASWC Weather Story has and continues to be offline due to a server failure. Support Teams are here and we hope to have everything back up by tomorrow. We’re sorry for the inconvenience – and we are making sure incidents like this will hopefully never happen again.  

ISSUANCE: Another beautiful day over the area! Sunny (east) to Mostly Sunny (West) with temperatures in the mid 60’s to upper 70’s. Not to spoil the moment, Isolated Thunderstorms are possible late. Another update will be issued with those details later in the afternoon.

ISSUANCE: Partly Cloudy skies will prevail today over the area with a slight chance of showers to the Northwest. Highs will range from the upper 40′s in the North to the 60′s South.

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has shifted the Moderate risk slightly Northeast, with little or no change in general forecast. Visible Satellite imagery is showing clearing and heating East of the Surface Low. A warm front was slowly lifting Northward into Minneapolis and Wisconsin. Instability seems to be increasing as moisture moves northward. …