Showers and thunderstorms are moving into the western part of the state this afternoon along with cooler temperatures that will last for the upcoming weekend and next week. Severe weather is not expected with any of these storms and rainfall amounts will be light with many locations receiving a quarter inch or less. The winds …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Fireball in the Sky (With VIDEO LINK!)
VIDEO of Fireball from Howard County IA Just after 10pm this evening numerous people witnessed a large fireball shooting across the sky over several midwestern states including Iowa. Reports of the fireball changing colors from yellow to orange and red were reported. There was a loud boom (most likely a sonic boom) and some reports …
A Few Storms Possible
A weakening front will move into the state today bringing with it a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly to the northwest half of the state. One or two of them may become briefly severe with large hail and damaging winds, but no widespread severe weather threat exists as of now. The showers and thunderstorms …
Appearance on Weather Brains
This blogger made his worldwide debut on the podcast Weather Brains tonight. The blog was mentioned once more on a podcast heard by thousands of people across the country and even worldwide. Let’s just say the nerves were in full swing when the phone rang and they were on the other end. A link to …
Warm Windy Day
It’s a warm and windy day across the state as the warm front has moved well north of the state. Winds have been gusty all day with 30-35mph gusts this afternoon. This has led to fire danger especially in western Iowa. There are a few counties in the state that have enacted burn bans with …
Record High in Sioux City Today
…RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT SIOUX CITY IA… THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 86 DEGREES AT 504 PM AT THE SIOUX CITY GATEWAY AIRPORT…WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD…WHICH WAS SET OVER 100 YEARS AGO…WAS 85 DEGREES BACK IN 1899.
A Look at the Storm in Algona
Here is a video from Daryl Herzmann at Iowa Enviromental Mesonet showing the KCCI Webcam from Algona just as the storm moved in. This storm produced copious amounts of hail for a number of hours from Buena Vista and Clay counties into Hancock county, including a few reports of golf ball sized hail. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7165eIZOoTA&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
New Warning (Hancock) until 6:30pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 528 PM CDT MON APR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
New Warning (Kossuth) until 5:15pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 445 PM CDT MON APR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 442 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
New Warning (Hancock) until 5:15pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 427 PM CDT MON APR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 425 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER …