There is a moderate risk of severe weather for the southeastern part of the state, with a slight risk of severe weather for most of the state. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds, with isolated tornadoes being possible in the moderate risk area. The front that was teh cause of the …
Category: All of Iowa
Rest of the Night
Severe Storms continue to fire along the southern part of the state early this morning. Any new warnings will be on the NWS twitter feeds to the right of the blog. Remember, the main threats will be large hail and damaging winds, with heavy rain as an added threat.
Severe Weather To Continue Overnight
Although the severe weather threat had abaided somewhat, severe thunderstorms can still be expected during the overnight. A Severe thunderstorm watch is now in effect in Van Buren and Lee counties in SE Iowa until 4am. Just recently issued, a severe thunderstorm watch is now in effect until 7am for the following counties, Adair, Adams, …
More Severe Weather Possible Today
There is a slight risk of severe weather for Friday and Friday night for most of the state mainly south of US Hwy 20. This will be in two parts. New storms will fire in SE Iowa from the storms that are currently moving through NW and NC Iowa early this morning. Those storms will …
Video Forecast Through Thursday
Here is the latest video for this weekend through next Thursday. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6harWwdPkk&hl=en&fs=1]
Slight Risk in NW Iowa later today, SE Half Friday
The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a slight risk of severe weather for the NW part of the state for mainly late this afternoon and this evening into the overnight. This is mainly west of a line from Spirit Lake to Storm Lake to Onawa. An MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) will likely form in northern …
Isolated Storms in NE Iowa
A cluster of strong thunderstorms continues moving through the northeastern parts of the state this afternoon. Heavy rain and some small hail is possible with these storms as they move mainly north of US Hwy 18 east of Decorah and West Union. The storms will move into southwestern Wisconsin between Prarie Du Chien and Genoa …
Numerous Warnings Last 90 Minutes
I just got back in the loop a while ago, and of course as is always the case, there’s been action in NW Iowa. Numerous TORNADO Warnings have been issued early this afternoon in NW Iowa. Here is the latest one issued ten minutes ago. BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
Moderate Risk in Western Iowa
The latest severe weather outlook shows a moderate risk of severe weather over the western third of the state into eastern Nebraska. This is where there is a heightened risk of seeing tornadoes in the state today. The rest of the state is under a slight risk of severe weather where large hail and damaging …
Severe Weather Possible Today
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6IaBAOM1V0&hl=en&fs=1] SPC Outlook Statement Below A NW-SE ORIENTED BAND OF ELEVATED TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AT 12Z FROM PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN NEB INTO NRN KS WITHIN EXIT REGION OF NOCTURNAL LLJ. THE PRESENCE OF STEEP LAPSE RATES/MODERATE CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY INDICATE A THREAT OF SEVERE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. IN …