From the Area Forecast Discussion (NWS Des Moines) a few minutes ago. SFC LOW PRESSURE NOW CENTERED NEAR RED OAK WITH VERY DYNAMIC FLOW ONGOING AROUND IT. STILL MONITORING SEVERE WX POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND MORE PARTICULARLY THE TORNADIC THREAT. A SMALL TORNADIC SWEET SPOT IS EXPECTED NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT …
Category: All of Iowa
Cool North, Warm South
Temperatures south of the warm front this morning have already risen into the upper 60s and lower 70s, while to the north, readings are hovering in the upper 40s to lower 50s. The front will move a little further to the north before stalling as a low pressure system currently in SE Nebraska moves into …
An Active Night
Continued rounds of showers and thunderstorms rolled across the state over the early morning hours. A few of the storms were severe, but the main threat was the very heavy rainfall that occurred as well. Most of the active storms have moved off into Illinois with only a few scattered showers mainly along US Hwy …
Storms Continue over Western and Central Iowa
Storms continue along and north of the advancing warm front. The strongest storms were located in Pottawattamie, Crawford and northern Dallas Counties. Each storm has the capability of producing hail up to the size of quarters and wind gusting to near 60mph. This will be the last update of the night to get some rest …
Tornado Threat Increasing
The latest convective outlook shows that the tornado threat across the southern portions of the state is increasing as the warm front still situated in central Missouri continues to move northbound. The hatched area in the 10% area constitutes a 10% chance of a strong to violent tornado (EF2-EF5). The best chances of tornadoes will …
Storms Developing
Numerous warnings have been issued late this morning into the early afternoon hours for some storms capable of some large hail. Currently there is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for Adair, Madison, Dallas and Guthrie counties until 1:30pm. Another strong storm is moving into the southwestern part of the state from Missouri, affecting Ringgold …
Slight Risk Again Today
There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for most of the state except the extreme NW. The main threats are as follows. Large Hail (Afternoon through Overnight), Damaging Winds (Evening-Overnight) and isolated tornadoes (Evening). The storms will fire along and north of an advancing warm front, this morning which is …
Severe Weather Next Couple of Days
The morning convective outlooks are out and it looks to be a very active period over the state of Iowa through Tuesday. Beginning today (Easter) there is a slight risk of severe weather for areas in Iowa southeast of a line from Muscatine to Bloomfield. The main threats will be large hail, damaging winds and …
AFD from NWS Des Moines on Storm Monday
Below is from the area forecast discussion from the NWS in Des Moines. AN ACTIVE AND WARM WEATHER PATTERN WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. 12Z MODEL RUNS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH A WARM FRONT LIFTING UP INTO SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THIS AREA LATE SUNDAY …
Slight Risk on Monday
Below is the Day 3 Convective Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center. It’s techincal as always. DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0207 AM CDT SAT APR 03 2010 VALID 051200Z – 061200Z …THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-MO RVR VLY EWD INTO THE …