Author: Jeff Wilcox

All of Iowa, Flooding, Severe Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 7/22/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQElNYeEkKk?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] RAIN AND SEVERE: There are some slight risks of severe weather over the next two days over the northern sections of the state. The main threat will be from damaging straight line winds. (See video for threat areas each day) A frontal boundary which brought some pleasant weather and some rainfall to the …

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Iowa Forecast Video 7/21/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2GTcMv8bKs?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SEVERE WX RETURNS: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight from central into western and southwestern Iowa, mainly along the cold front that will be draping across the state over the next several days. The main threat with any storms that develop will be damaging wind. The heat …

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Iowa Forecast Video 7/20/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NohHtk6GUqc?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] TRIPLE H AND TRIPLE DIGITS: Several locations across the state hit 100°+ yesterday. Waterloo and Muscatine both hit 102°, with Fairfield, Washington and Knoxville each hitting the century mark. Several co-op observers also reported triple digit heat yesterday. That was likely the warmest day of the year and the warmest day in several …

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Iowa Forecast Video 7/18/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtIS-LxkaME?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE TRIPLE H: It’s becoming a bit repetitive but the heat wave is expected to continue at least through Thursday if not longer across the state. Highs generally in the 90s with heat indices well over 100, approaching 110 or higher. Some places saw heat indices over 120°! Excessive Heat Warnings continue through …