BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MASON CITY… WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Early Afternoon Notes
KTIV in Sioux City has a story about the Tornado on Sunday. Read More Slight Risk of Severe Weather continues for the rest of the day in Iowa. Main threats, damaging hail, strong winds and isolated tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Mesoscale Discussion for Iowa in advent of a possible weather watch …
11am Update
During the morning hours several thunderstorms developed over the area. One such complex moved over Benton, Linn and Jones counties and at this hour is over the Chicagoland area. Right now a few scattered showers exist. One near Waterloo, another east of Algona and some in NW Iowa between Sioux City, Spencer and Storm Lake.
Slight Risk Today
A Slight Risk of Severe Weather for the entire state of Iowa today. The main threats as has been the case in the past few days, Large Hail, Damaging Winds, however the Tornado Threat seems to be a secondary threat this time around. The threat of Tornadoes is based on shear that is expected in …
1am Update
A noisy night will continue in far SE Iowa for the next few hours as thunderstorms continue to move through Jefferson, Henry, Keokuk, Washington and Van Buren Counties. These storms should make it to the Burlington Fort Madison area by 2:00 AM. Light to Moderate showers with embedded Thunder extended from Decorah to Belle Plaine …
Update on the SE Storm
The Quad Cities NWS Office has issued a Special Weather Statement on the storm that is currently severe in Wapello County (Which is in the Des Moines NWS Office CWA) THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… IN IOWA …
Flood Update
Currently only the Des Moines at Tracy, Ottumwa and St. Francisville MO are flooding along with the Iowa River at Iowa City and Lone Tree. The Iowa River at Iowa City will fall below flood stage later this morning. At Lone Tree it should fall below Flood Stage Tuesday morning. The Des Moines River at …
Wapello County Warning
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1204 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA… * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT. * AT …
Midnight Update
The thunderstorm that barely scraped past Iowa City and was heading for Muscatine has weakened and an outflow boundary is now present east of the weakening storms into Illinois. Meanwhile the new storms have blossomed into a huge lightning producing cell that encompasses a number of counties in and around Ottumwa. This storm is moving …
11pm Update
Thunderstorms continue to move through Iowa City down to Muscatine at this time. Also a boundary has formed from this storm that’s non-severe but still has intense lightning with it south and west to Eddyville and NE of Chariton. We’ll watch to see what these storms will do the rest of the night. They should …