Amtrak announced today that service on the California Zephyr between Denver and Chicago will be shut down temporarily because of the flooding of the Missouri River. This will be effective for eastbound riders (coming from Denver) Thursday and westbound (from Chicago) on Friday. This is expected to last through Tuesday of next week if not …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Iowa Forecast Video 6/7/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaZaIiEiDcE&hl=en&fs=1] HOT TUESDAY: Another hot day is in store across the state. Readings yesterday hit 100° in numerous locations over the western and central counties including Atlantic which hit 102° Newton and Shenandoah hit the century mark as well. Readings may reach 100 again today in some locales, otherwise mid to upper 90s will …
Heat Advisory for NE Iowa on Tuesday
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a Heat Advisory from Noon until 8pm Tuesday for Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton Counties. * TEMPERATURE…READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE 90S TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY…THE HEAT INDICES WILL BE BETWEEN 100 AND 105. …
Heat Advisory Until Wednesday across EC and SE Iowa
This heat advisory is in effect for the following counties, Benton, Linn, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren and Lee. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * …
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #431 until 10am
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective until 10am this morning for Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek counties. Thunderstorms are developing across southern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa and will have the capability of becoming severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats with the storm …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/6/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T78Rmy9L_Q&hl=en&fs=1] HOT!: The next two to three days will be very hot across the state. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s across the state, with some locations possibly reaching 100°. With dewpoints in the mid 60s to around 70°, heat indices will easily surpass 100 and possibly go as high as …
Levee Breach near Hamburg
The earlier Flash Flood Warning across Fremont County which was for the levee weakening has now led Fremont County Officials to evacuate about half the population of Hamburg (Pop 1141) in far southwestern Iowa. Sandbags were delivered to the break just over the border in far NW Missouri, because it was too dangerous for people …
Flash Flood Warning (Fremont) until 3:30pm
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 931 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN… SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 330 PM CDT SUNDAY * AT 922 AM CDT…LOCAL …
New Warning (Mahaska, Monroe and Wapello) until 5:30am
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 438 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST …
New Warning (Mahaska and Marion) until 4:45am
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 359 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * …