The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been extended to include the following counties, Clayton, Fayette and Grant County in Wisconsin
Author: Jeff Wilcox
New Warning (Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 237 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHWESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA… …
New Warning (Floyd)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 235 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 230 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
New Warning (Cerro Gordo)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 221 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MASON CITY… * UNTIL 300 PM CDT. …
New Warning (Humboldt, Webster, Wright)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 218 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… …
Counties Dropped from watch
Only a few minutes after posting the watch (which had been issued several hours earlier) a few counties have been dropped from the watch that is in effect until 6pm, Clay, Dickinson, O’Brien and Osceola. The rest of the watch continues although the thunderstorms are starting to move out of the watch boundaries further south.
Early Afternoon Update
A squall line that has been severe in the last few hours has moved into Iowa. There has been a few warnings with these storms but currently there isn’t any now. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 6pm for the following counties, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth, Clay, Dickinson, …
Slight Risk Thursday
There is a slight risk for Severe Weather for areas north of a line from Guttenberg (along the Mississippi River) to Hamburg (in extreme SW Iowa near the Missouri border and River). The main threats will be large hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado or two. Most of the severe weather will occur late …
Late Evening Update
Aside from a few showers or sprinkles in eastern Iowa, the state is relatively dry again. A few storms may fire north of the state and could drift in toward morning, otherwise it should remain clear to partly cloudy with the activity in eastern Iowa moving off to the east and dissipating.
Des Moines River at Ottumwa
The Flooding continues at Ottumwa along the Des Moines River, albeit only minor, this is the other river point in Iowa that is still in flood. As you can see by the chart below, it isn’t expected to fall below flood stage until next Wednesday. Chart from AHPS.