A line of strong to severe thunderstorms is about to move into the southwestern parts of the state late this evening. A Severe Thunderstorm watch is in effect until 3am for the counties of Adams, Cass, Ringgold, Taylor, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and Pottawattamie. Some warnings may occur in these areas in the next hour …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Severe Weather Returns?
The storm Prediction Center has issued the new outlooks for today Monday and Tuesday. There is a slight risk of severe weather on both days for parts of Iowa. This is in direct contradiction with what was posted yesterday, when SPC had no risk in the state for Monday and Tuesday. Monday’s risk is mainly …
More Rain and Then Heat
Some more rain will move into the state beginning late tonight and especially Monday and Tuesday. Some of the rain might be heavy once again, but flooding should not be a main factor. Also what won’t be a main factor will be severe weather. None is expected with this next storm system as it moves …
Rain finally finding the Exit
After a prolonged rain event throughout the night into the morning (in which rain continued developing repeatedly), The rain is finally making its way out of the state. All the rain should be gone by mid-morning. In its wake, rainfall amounts were varied, with some locations recieving over an inch, some estimates have close to …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 3
Recovery has been slow and long in the year since the flood water receded. Numerous houses are being bulldozed and many residents are waiting for buyouts. Damage has been estimated over 1 Billion Dollars in Iowa, making it one of the worst disasters in the United States. Many businesses have reopened in the flood damaged …
Scattered Rain
A batch of light to moderate rain is moving across the state late this afternoon. Rainfall amounts will generally be under a half inch with some heavier amounts possible. The rain will move out later tonight and early tomorrow morning. The weekend will be dry.
Getting Dry
The latest drought monitor shows that it’s becoming abnormally dry across the western part of the state. These areas as was mentioned a week or so ago are about 3-4 inches down on rainfall for the year. Some rain is forecast in the next week which may allievate any further drought from developing in this …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 2
The rivers are embeded in memory, Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Iowa, Des Moines, Mississippi, Turkey, Upper Iowa. They are along with many others were the ones that flooded to in some cases unbelieveable records. For only the second time ever, the Coralville Reservoir went over the emergency dam, (the other time was 1993) and crested just over …
Flash Flood Warning (Lee) until 8am
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 200 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 1
No words can describe what occurred across the state of Iowa a year ago. Rivers were cresting or within a week of cresting (some at record levels) across the state. At Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River crested 11 feet above the previous record (31.2 feet) on June 13th. The river flowed into neighborhoods that thought …