The Iowa State Fair begins this Thursday and runs through the following Sunday at the Fairgrounds in Des Moines. The weather looks sunny and warm for the first few days of the fair. Thursday-Saturday, highs will be in the upper 80s with sunny to partly cloudy skies. Only a chance of showers and thunderstorms returns …
Category: All of Iowa
Scatteered Storms in NE Iowa
A few scattered storms have developed across northeastern Iowa. The storms are moving to the SE around 25-30mph. These storms may dump some locally heavy rainfall, but severe weather is not anticipated. The storms will diminish after sunset as they move toward the USHwy 20 corridor. The rest of the week will be dry and …
Storm Reports August 9th 2009
Here are the preliminary storm reports so far that have come into the NWS Offices that cover the state of Iowa. Wind Damage reports were left out. Only Wind Gust and hail reports were included thus far. More reports will likely come in throughout the night to the NWS offices across the state.
Moderate to Heavy Rain Continues
The severe threat has diminished greatly across the state late this evening, after a wild 12-18 hours of severe weather. Currently there is a large complex of moderate to at times heavy rain with a few thunderstorms embedded located mainly east of Interstate 35. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is still in effect until 1am for …
Storms Refiring
Showers and Thunderstorms continue to fire along a boundary that has set up from roughly Dubuque to Omaha. Storms continue to move along the boundary and have been severe although there are no warnings in effect in Iowa at this time. Flash flooding is becoming the greatest concern now, with Buchanan, Delaware and Dubuque counties …
Morning Storms
There has been a number of morning severe thunderstorm warnings today across western Iowa. There has been reports of hail up to the size of golf balls this morning. This is likely to continue as a Severe Thunderstorm Watch which was issued about 2 hours ago and is in effect until 2pm includes Adair, Audubon, …
Hot Weekend
The hottest weather of the year will be felt today and tomorrow with highs in the lower to middle 90s across the state. At midday there were a few pesky showers located generally along US Hwy 30 from near Belle Plaine eastward. These won’t amount to much and likely will not keep the temperatures from …
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #675
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm watch in effecy until 5am Saturda morning for the following counties, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Marshall, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Story, Tama, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, Wright, Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Chickasaw, …
Evening Development
The Map shows the current position of the warm front and where development of thunderstorms will likely take place later this evening and overnight. There is a cap over the eastern half of the state leading to a lack of thunderstorm development over that side of the state along with the thick blanket of clouds …
Heavy Rain with More to Come
As morning turns to afternoon, there has already been a lot of rain in the state this morning. Rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches of rain has been common over the eastern half of the state, with some locations recieving more and others less. There is still a slight risk of severe weather for later this …