[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIgVKezY-rA&w=480&h=360] STORMY SKIES AWAIT: A cold front will move south of the state today bringing much cooler conditions to the state with regards to the incredible readings that were seen yesterday across the western and central counties of the state. Sioux City hit its all time record high for the month of May yesterday …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Record Highs Today (May 14th 2013)
Here are a few of the record highs that were set today across the area. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 0424 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 …RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA… A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA TODAY. THIS …
Iowa Weather Report May 14th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H40KgqsyVMs&w=480&h=360] HOT AND DRY: A hot day in store across the state with temperatures in the 80s to mid 90s. With the breezy conditions, this will cause a high fire danger across the western and central counties of the state. Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches are in effect in those areas. A …
Iowa Weather Report May 13th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXEZVpKrPyw&w=480&h=360] HEATING UP: Readings will be heading upward over the next 48 hours across the state with possibly the hottest weather of the year so far coming on Tuesday. Today we’ll see partly to mostly sunny skies with readings in the 60s east to lower to middle 80s west. Tuesday will see a jump …
Iowa Weather Report: May 12th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1p9Ac_fCRE&w=480&h=360] COLD THEN HOT: Frosty this morning will give way to a quick heat burst in only 48 short hours. Today will start out nippy with readings in the 30s to near 40 across the state, with a quick rise into the 50s to middle 60s from east to west. Sunshine will be plentiful …
Historical Wx: Dunkerton Tornado of 2000
This tornado would be remembered more for being similar to the Parkersburg-New Hartford Tornado 8 years later. Some of the same areas were hit by this tornado and again in 2008. Here is the watch that was issued just after 6pm that Thursday Evening. URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 264 STORM PREDICTION …
Frost Advisory Expanded
The Frost Advisory has been expanded to include the central counties all but the southeastern counties of the state. NWS La Crosse has elected not to issue an advisory mainly due to the normalcy of frost through the middle of May in those areas. Temperatures will drop into the lower 30s during the morning hours …
Iowa Weather Discussion May 11th 2013
VIDEOS RESUME SUNDAY FROSTY MORNINGS: Possibly the last frost of the season coming this weekend, late tonight and perhaps Sunday night as well in the east as cold air moves in behind a front that will have moved across the state during the early morning hours today. There may be an early morning shower in …
Flood Warning for Mississippi River at Camanche
IAC045-163-ILC161-195-111349- /O.NEW.KDVN.FL.W.0083.130512T0609Z-000000T0000Z/ /CMMI4.1.ER.130512T0609Z.130514T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 849 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 …FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CAMANCHE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 8:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET…AND RISING. * FLOOD STAGE IS …
The Trip to DC 2013
by Jeff Wilcox (MIC Iowa Weather Network) My parents and I went on a trip to Washington DC Sunday through today (Friday). It began on Saturday with a long drive through the countryside to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago for our flight the next morning (Sunday) to Washington National Airport aka Reagan National Airport. We …