A few dry days will be a welcome sight after a few days of rain across the state. This afternoon was a bit of a surprise in the eastern portions of the state where the sun made an appearance leading to temperatures climbing into the lower 60s. The western part of the state remained under …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Current River Flood Warnings Saturday PM
River Flooding continues along many of the state’s river this weekend. This will likely continue into next week if not longer for some areas where the rivers tend to drop very slowly. The following rivers are under River Flood Warnings as of Saturday Afternoon Des Moines River near Eddyville Raccoon River at IA Hwy 28 …
River Flooding Continuing
Aside from the ice jam flooding that is occurring in Fort Dodge and Mason City tonight, other rivers continue rising over their banks across the state. Numerous rivers continue under Flood Warnings, many through next week at the latest. Here are the following rivers that are under Flood Warnings (Forecast Points) Squaw Creek at Ames …
Ice Jams Causing Flash Flooding
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1136 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN… CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 530 AM CST * AT 1135 PM …
More Rain Tonight into Saturday
Another batch of light to at times moderate rain will move into the state from the SE late tonight. This will mainly effect the eastern counties of the state while the rest of the state may see some drizzle or nothing at all. Amounts will be light with many locations getting a quarter inch of …
River Flood Warnings as of Thursday
River flooding continues across many of the rivers and streams in the state. Here is a list (LONG!) of the rivers that are currently under or have warnings issued into the future. Chariton River near Chariton Thompson River at Davis City South Fork Chariton River near Promise City Iowa River near Rowan Beaver Creek at …
A Break but for How Long
The low pressure center at midday was located west of Des Moines near Guthrie Center. It is easily denoted with a small batch of showers around the center. The rest of the state is mainly dry except in the far western parts of the state where cold air has begun to wrap into the storm. …
AFD from the NWS Quad Cities This AM
Here is a portion of the Area Forecast Discussion from the NWS in the Quad Cities, including a mention of “POSSIBLE” severe weather along the Mississippi River and into Illinois. NOTE: Most of this is very techinical! .SHORT TERM…TODAY AND TONIGHT… RAINFALL TODAY IS NO CERTAIN AS WE HAVE THE DRY SLOT MOVING IN AROUND …
Area Forecast Discussion from NWS Des Moines This Morning
Here is the hydrology portion of this morning’s Area Forecast Discussion from the NWS in Des Moines WIDESPREAD FLOOD EVENT…DRIVEN BY COMBINATION OF RAPID SNOW MELT AS WELL AS OBSERVED AND FORECAST RAINFALL…IS ALREADY UNDERWAY OR WILL START WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS…IN MOST LOCATIONS. WE/RE NOT LOOKING AT ANOTHER 2008 EVENT HOWEVER. THE FLOODING …
Thunderstorms Moving into EC Iowa
…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL… SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A PENNY. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED…ANY RAIN THAT DOES OCCUR WILL GO STRAIGHT INTO …