Author: Jeff Wilcox

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Excessive Heat Warning Across SW Iowa

This is going to be the first of many heat related advisories and warnings across the state over the next several days. This warning involves Harrison, Shelby, Monona, Pottawattamie, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and Page Counties. Here is the report from the NWS in Omaha. …EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 7 AM …

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Excessive Heat Watch Across SW Iowa

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES… AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 90S FRIDAY…THEN THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA COULD TOP 100 DEGREES AT …

All of Iowa, Severe Weather

Iowa Forecast Video 7/12/2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnNHXuyRl8o?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] SEVERE AROUND: There is a slight risk of severe weather once again, however this time it is over the southern third of the state, nowhere near the damage path of the derecho that occurred from near Ankeny east-northeastward through Polk, Story, Marshall, Tama and Benton counties (where the worst damage was). The main …

Severe Weather, Storm Reports

Storm Survey on Derecho Across Benton County

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 514 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 …PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR BENTON COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GARRISON AND VINTON… LOCATION: GARRISON IOWA…430 AM CDT ON JULY 11 2011. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 110 TO 130 MPH. DAMAGE: * WIDESPREAD DAMAGE …

Severe Weather, Storm Reports

Confirmed Derecho From Storm Survey (7/11/2011)

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 458 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011 …PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR STORY…MARSHALL AND TAMA COUNTIES… THIS STORM SURVEY INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER COORDINATION WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. …WIDESPREAD AND EXTREME STRAIGHT LINE WIND EVENT… THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT …