First Warning of 2011 goes to Fremont and Page Counties. BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 326 AM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… WESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Stormy Morning
Clusters of showers and thunderstorms are moving through the state this morning. Mainly some brief heavy rain, thunder and lightning will accompany the storms. However some of the stronger storms may contain some small hail up to dime size. The small complex over SE Nebraska will move into the southwestern counties of the state in …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/20/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngqdpditPxs&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER: Get Ready!, There’s going to be a lot of action in the severe weather realm over the next few days. Besides a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight south of a Dubuque to Des Moines to Mount Ayr line, there is also a Slight Risk on Monday and …
The Return of Severe Weather
With the season of Spring officially beginning Sunday evening, the season will be welcomed with the possibility of severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a slight risk of severe weather for Sunday and Sunday night for the southern half of the state, mainly south of Interstate 80. The main threat looks to be …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/19/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVYTDRfrtLY&hl=en&fs=1] TWO SIDED WEEKEND: The Weekend will have one nice day and one stormy day. The nice one will be today with some partly cloudy skies and highs a degree or two warmer than Friday with 50s possible across the state. Precipitation will be increasing Sunday with chances of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Severe …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/18/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW2dB4LzQ_0&hl=en&fs=1] RAIN and FLOODING: The QPF chart is not what people want to see in areas where river flooding is occurring or about to occur. Up to 1.75 inches of rain is possible over the southeastern counties with the bulk of that occuring late Monday through Wednesday. Luckily, the river flooding is concentrated across …
Spring Flooding (3/17/11)
The following rivers are under river flood warnings as of Thursday evening (3/17) East Fork Des Moines near Algona West Fork Des Moines River at Estherville Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls SD Big Sioux River at Hawarden Big Sioux River at Akron Rock River at Rock Rapids Little Sioux River near Milford Little Sioux …
Very Warm St. Patty’s Day Morning
Temperatures this morning are not typical of St. Patrick’s Day or of the month of March, unless these are the highs of the day and even some of these readings are warmer than the average high for this date. Readings will drop a few degrees more before sunrise but will quickly climb back back into …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/17/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qan41JkL_m4&hl=en&fs=1] RAIN CHANCES: Today begins with a possible chance of showers and an isolated thunderstorm. This won’t be an all day rain and not everyone will see rain. Amounts will be light as well, with many locations that get rain getting a tenth or so. This is expected to continue through the weekend with …
Spring Arrival
Although the official arrival of Spring isn’t until Sunday, temperatures this afternoon are more apparent of spring with readings in the upper 50s to the lower 70s. The warmest reading at 3pm was 72° at Council Bluffs with Red Oak right behind at 70°. Continued springlike air will last through the rest of the week …