[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFnl2FDZp4&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE TODAY: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across the entire state of Iowa. All modes of severe weather will be possible with the best chances of tornadoes staying across the southern and southwestern counties closer to where the warm front will be situated. Elsewhere large hail …
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Iowa Forecast Video 3/21/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3jwb4kga3g&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEEK: The beginning of the week and the beginning of spring will be a very stormy one across the state. A slight risk of severe weather has been issued by the Storm Prediction Center for the western 2/3rds of the state for today and tonight (mainly tonight). Large hail looks to be …
40s vs 70s
You can tell from these 3pm readings that a front is situated across the middle of the state. Along this front, thunderstorms could refire and become severe with damaging wind gusts and large hail. The threat will wane after sunset tonight as the storms move east into Illinois.
Small Hail This Morning
Several showers and thunderstorms continue moving thorugh the eastern half of the state this morning. Some of the stronger cells (the ones in red) could produce some hail of pea or dime size, but aren’t expected to be any larger. Brief heavy rain is possible as well. This round of storms will be out of …
Stormy Morning
Clusters of showers and thunderstorms are moving through the state this morning. Mainly some brief heavy rain, thunder and lightning will accompany the storms. However some of the stronger storms may contain some small hail up to dime size. The small complex over SE Nebraska will move into the southwestern counties of the state in …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/20/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngqdpditPxs&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER: Get Ready!, There’s going to be a lot of action in the severe weather realm over the next few days. Besides a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight south of a Dubuque to Des Moines to Mount Ayr line, there is also a Slight Risk on Monday and …
The Return of Severe Weather
With the season of Spring officially beginning Sunday evening, the season will be welcomed with the possibility of severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a slight risk of severe weather for Sunday and Sunday night for the southern half of the state, mainly south of Interstate 80. The main threat looks to be …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/19/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVYTDRfrtLY&hl=en&fs=1] TWO SIDED WEEKEND: The Weekend will have one nice day and one stormy day. The nice one will be today with some partly cloudy skies and highs a degree or two warmer than Friday with 50s possible across the state. Precipitation will be increasing Sunday with chances of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Severe …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/18/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW2dB4LzQ_0&hl=en&fs=1] RAIN and FLOODING: The QPF chart is not what people want to see in areas where river flooding is occurring or about to occur. Up to 1.75 inches of rain is possible over the southeastern counties with the bulk of that occuring late Monday through Wednesday. Luckily, the river flooding is concentrated across …
Very Warm St. Patty’s Day Morning
Temperatures this morning are not typical of St. Patrick’s Day or of the month of March, unless these are the highs of the day and even some of these readings are warmer than the average high for this date. Readings will drop a few degrees more before sunrise but will quickly climb back back into …