Rain has moved into the state early this morning. It is light in nature and confined to the northern part of the state mainly north of US Hwy 30. More showers and thunderstorms will develop along a slow moving cold front that will move into the state later today. The front is expected to stall …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Looking to Next Week
Monday will likely be one of the warmest days of the next 7 with highs generally in the 80s with southerly winds. This will be ahead of a cold front that is forecast to move into the state on Tuesday bringing showers and thunderstorms through Thursday. Temperatures will settle back into the 70s to around …
Iowa State Fair 2009 Day #11
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair for Sunday August 23rd. NWS: Sunny, 77°. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph. WX Underground: Sunny. 77°. South wind near 5 mph. WHO-TV: Sunny 81° KCCI-TV: Sunny 80° ABC5: Mostly Sunny 81° Grade: A A Great last day of the State Fair.
Iowa State Fair 2009 Day #10
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair for Saturday August 22nd. NWS:Sunny, 76° . North northwest wind between 6 and 9 mph. WX Underground: Sunny 76° North Wind 5-10mph WHO-TV: Sunshine 78° KCCI-TV: Sunny 76° ABC5: Lots of Sun 77° Grade A+ The best day for state fair!
Iowa State Fair 2009 Day #9
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair for Friday August 21st. NWS: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70°. Breezy, with a northwest wind between 11 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. WX Underground: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning…then …
Preliminary Tornado Confirmations from La Crosse NWS
A storm survey was/is being performed on the tornadoes that affected parts of Chickasaw, Fayette, and Winneshiek counties in northeast Iowa on Wednesday, August 19th. The following information was gleaned from these surveys: Tornado near Fredericksburg, IA (Chickasaw County)… This tornado touched down between 3:09 pm and 3:14 pm approximately 4 miles southeast of Fredericksburg. …
Wednesday’s Tornado Confirmation
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 315 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009 STORM SURVEY RESULTS REGARDING THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN BUCHANAN AND JONES COUNTIES ON AUGUST 19…2009. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON AUGUST 19…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO EASTERN IOWA. THIS LINE CONTAINED EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS…TWO OF WHICH PRODUCED …
Iowa State Fair 2009 Day #8
This is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair for Thursday August 20th. NWS: Mostly Cloudy, 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, 74° WNW wind 13-17mph gusting to 25mph. WX Underground: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Breezy. 74° West wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. WHO-TV: …
Strong Storm in the DSM Metro
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT… AT 1042 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLIVE…OR 10 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR… …
New Warning (Calhoun and Sac)
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 834 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 930 PM CDT …