…FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT… .DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES THE NEXT COUPLE NIGHTS TO DROP AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK IN MANY AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TONIGHT FOR A FREEZE IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN…BUT COULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY NIGHT …
Author: Henry Luker
Severe WX Awareness Week: Tornado Day
Reminder Tomorrow, test Tornado Watches and Tornado Warnings will be issued. At 10AM, the Storm Prediction Center will issue a test Tornado Watch. Each forecasting office will send a watch notification message to all of there assigned counties. This test watch will be alerted through NOAA Weather Radio and the Emergency Alert System. At 10:10AM, the Sioux …
Severe WX Awareness Week: Receiving Warnings
As we begin the second day of Severe Weather Awareness Week, today’s focus will be on Receiving Warnings. The first precaution you should take is to become weather aware. What does this mean? This means that you are in the know of weather forecasts, have a safety plan set up, and that you can react quickly and …
Severe WX Awareness Week: Flash Flooding
With Severe Weather Awareness Week beginning today, each day we will be focusing on different topics. Today, our main focus is flash flooding. Each year, Flash Flooding causes nearly 150 fatalities per year, putting it into the #1 spot on the “Most Fatalities per Year” list. Flash Flooding is normally caused by slow moving storms producing …
WXTEST: Severe Weather Awareness Week 2012; Includes Tornado Drill
Written by the National Weather Service Severe Weather Awareness Week — April 2-6, 2012 The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared the week of April 2nd through April 6th, 2012 Severe Weather Awareness Week. Severe Weather Awareness Week is an annual event to remind Iowans that severe …
Portions of Severe T-Storm Watch Canceled
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has canceled the Severe Thunderstorm Watch that was in effect until 4AM for Linn, Johnson, and Washington (IL). Storms have moved out of these areas.
New Dual-Pol Products: A Look at Precipitation Type with these Storms
Thanks to these storms being near the Davenport radar, we have the option of seeing new Dual-Pol data options! This is one type of product that lets us view what kind of precipitation the radar is seeing. Currently, it is detected light-heavy rain and large hail in some areas (True, multiple reports by Storm Spotters).
Possible Watch for Eastern Iowa
The Storm Prediction Center based in Norman, Oklahoma is monitoring the area for a possible watch at this hour as storms have fired up and have and may continue to rise in intensity and coverage. Uncertainty lies right now as for Severe Weather, however a watch may be needed within 1 to 2 hours depending on the …
Small Hail possible over Northeast Iowa
…SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA… AT 401 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE BRIEFLY POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED …
Fire Weather Watch for North Central Iowa
URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 400 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 …EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN TO NORTHERN IOWA… .STRONG WEST WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE FORECAST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL AS VERY DRY GRASSLANDS AND OTHER NEAR DORMANT VEGETATION. THIS WILL …