One storm continues along the broken line of thunderstorms. This storm was located from Sheldon to Orange City in eastern Sioux and western O’Brien county. This storm is moving to the ENE at 25-30 mph. The Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been cancelled for Lyon County at this time. The rest of the counties in Iowa …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Just before 7pm
The line of broken thunderstorms extended in Iowa from Little Rock in northeastern Lyon County to Chatsworth in SW Sioux County. The individual cells are moving NE. The storms are not severe, this may be due to the very strong activity ongoing in Minnesota with numerous tornado sightings taking place NW of the Twin Cities, …
6pm Update
A line of developing showers and thunderstorms is moving into NW Lyon County near the town of Larchwood. Otherwise the rest of the state remains quiet, hot and humid as the cold front nears the state. Some severe warned storms are SE of Keokuk in west central Illinois, but they are moving away from the …
New Watch Issued
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch which will be in effect until 11pm for the following counties; Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Winnebago, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury, Harrison, Monona and Shelby
Flooding Update Friday
Flooding on rivers in Iowa continues with some rivers going above flood stage due to recent rains that have occurred in the basins. Current Rivers that are flooding Des Moines River at Ottumwa (Moderate Flooding) Iowa River at Lone Tree (Minor Flooding, will fall below flood stage late tonight barring any more rain) Des Moines …
4:30 Update
Only a few isolated showers remain in the state currently. The Storm Prediction Center is looking at the possibility of issuing a new watch in the Northwestern part of the state in the next hour or so.
Mid Afternoon Update
Temperatures at this hour are running in the mid 80s to lower to mid 90s in Iowa. A few showers are in a weakening stage moving across US Hwy 218 between Iowa City and Mount Pleasant. Boundaries from these decaying showers and earlier thunderstorms that formed in central Illinois will spark a new round of …
1pm Outlook
At 1pm, Radar shows a few showers and isolated thunderstorms from eastern Jasper county southward to Ottumwa to Bloomfield. These storms are not severe and will only produce light to moderate rain over the next hour as they move to the east. The threats for severe weather the rest of the day remain the same …
Slight Risk Friday
Another day, another Severe Weather Risk. There is a slight risk for Severe Weather for almost the entire state of Iowa. The main threats, Large Hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado. The tornado threat is more concentrated into Minnesota near International Falls down to St Cloud, but the threat does exist at this time …
Storm Reports July 10th (Quad Cities NWS)
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN BERTRAM 41.95N 91.54W 07/10/2008 M1.10 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER FELL IN 45 MINUTES. 0950 AM HAIL 2 W LAMONT 42.60N 91.68W 07/10/2008 M0.50 INCH BUCHANAN IA TRAINED SPOTTER DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF 150TH STREET AND THE 2800 BLOCK. RELAYED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 0955 AM HAIL 5 …