The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of Severe Weather for today and tonight (Saturday) across southeast Iowa southeast of a line from Lamoni to Sabula. This would include the Quad Cities, Burlington, Ottumwa. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds. There is also a slight Risk of Severe Weather for …
Category: All of Iowa
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New to the blog tonight is the Twitter Feeds of the National Weather Service Offices that cover Iowa and surrounding states. Any warnings that might not get posted on the blog will be on the Twitter feed to the right.
Late Evening Update
All Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have expired, however, thunderstorms, some still strong continue across the state. The strongest storms were located from near Winterset in Madison county to Bedford in Taylor county. These storms have the capability of producing up to penny sized hail and wind gusts to 45 mph as they move off to the …
Thunderstorms Developing Along Front
Here is a satellite picture at 6pm showing thunderstorms developing along the cold front. These storms are moving to the northeast at 35-40 mph.
New Watch until 11pm
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch that is in effect until 11pm for the following counties in Iowa, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Dallas, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Madison, Marshall, Polk, Story, Webster, Worth, …
Watch Possible
The latest mesoscale discussion shows that while there is some capping in the atmosphere (warm air aloft), thunderstorms should begin to fire in a few hours in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A Weather Watch will likely be needed later this afternoon and this evening. The main threat will likely be large hail.
A Midday Update
The cold front has moved into the northwestern part of Iowa at mid-day. Temperatures behind the front are in the 60s while ahead of the front, readings have soared into the 70s and lower 80s. A few record highs might be possible today. The slight risk of severe weather continues in the same area as …
Severe Weather Threats Next Few Days
The latest outlooks are out early this morning for Friday-Sunday. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined slight risks all 3 days for portions of Iowa. Today (Friday) the slight risk is for all of Iowa except the NW and southeastern portions of the state. The main threats today will likely be large hail and damaging …
Dense Fog Developing
Dense Fog is developing across southeastern Iowa early this morning. A Dense Fog advisory has been issued until 10am this morning for many counties in the southeastern part of the state. (Mainly south of US Highway 30 and east of US Highway 63) Visibilities have been reduced to under 1/4 of a mile in many …
Latest on Drought
The Latest Drought Monitor for Iowa that was released Thursday morning shows only the far northern part of the state in abnormally dry conditions. Several counties in northern and northeast Iowa have instituted burn bans because of this. The dry area extends from NE Iowa northeastward into SE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin where D2 drought …