The morning of Wednesday April 11, 2001 was a stormy one across the state. Numerous showers and thunderstorms were roaming the countryside as a storm system was strengthening over the central plains. A warm front was sprawled along the Interstate 80 corridor. It had already been an active weather week. Numerous severe thunderstorm and tornado …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
A Wet Saturday Afternoon
A band of light rain showers are moving across the state this afternoon. At mid-afternoon they were located along a line extending from Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin to Waverly to Ames-Boone to near Harlan moving to the east around 30mph. Rainfall will be light with many locales getting a quarter inch or less from this …
Looking Warmer
After temperatures this morning dropped into the 20s and lower 30s across the state, readings will see a gradual increase over the next few days. Today highs will be in the 60s with mostly sunny skies. Tonight skies will become partly to mostly cloudy. Lows tonight will be at least 10 degrees higher than this …
A Good Indication of Cold Dry Air
Dewpoints this evening are ranging in the teens to the low 30s across the state. (The 10° dewpoint in Council Bluffs I think is false, surrounding stations are reporting dewpoints in the 15-19° range). This is indictive of what the nighttime lows will be tonight across the state. Readings will drop into the 20s to …
Frosty Morning Ahead
For those of you who got the itch to get the some plants or have had some flowers already come up out of the ground and begin to bloom, the weather forecast will not be for your liking. Temperatures tonight are expected to drop into the upper 20s and lower 30s across the state, setting …
Damage Survey from Storms in Central Iowa Last Evening
…PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR MARION…JASPER AND POWESHIEK COUNTIES… THE STORM SURVEY INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING AND SUBJECT TOFURTHER COORDINATION WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES….DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL… THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER MARION…JASPER AND POWESHIEK COUNTIES ON APRIL 6TH. * EVENT DATE: APRIL 6TH* …
Much Cooler Today
Temperatures have dropped considerably compared to yesterday, especially in the southern portions of the state that were south of the warm front. Readings this morning are in the 40s with a few 50s in SE Iowa with a stiff northerly breeze. There is also a few rain showers that have popped up this morning. Some …
Some Thundershowers in SE Iowa
The main severe weather threat has diminshed greatly late this evening across the state. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect for the Iowa counties along the Mississippi River for storms that are moving into the state from NE Missouri. Otherwise just some light to moderate rain with some claps of thunder will be seen …
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #60 until 4am
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective until 4am Wednesday morning for the following counties, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Van Buren, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott. Thunderstorms continue moving to the northeast along the advancing cold front moving through the eastern and southeastern parts of the state late this …
TORNADO WARNING (Jasper, Mahaska and Poweshiek) until 8:15pm
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 741 PM CDT TUE APR 6 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 815 …