Another storm system is forecast to move into the state this evening, brining chances of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Precipitation amounts over the next 5 days will be anywhere between .5 and 1.5 inches, which could lead to rises on area rivers but flooding will be isolated at best, mainly in SE Iowa. Another storm …
Category: All of Iowa
There Goes The Snow
The snowpack from this weekend’s storm is diminishing rapidly in the springtime sunshine. This will likely lead to some fog overnight, especially in areas where the snow was the heaviest (in and around Cedar Rapids). The snow will almost be gone with the next storm bringing a good chance of rain to the state.
Prelim Snow Reports
Here are a few snowfall amounts this evening. Moderate to at times heavy snow continues to fall across areas southeast of a line from Decorah to Waterloo to Newton to Lamoni. Scattered flurries are occurring elsewhere, while western Iowa hasn’t seen a flake of snow and is clear to partly cloudy this hour. Cedar Rapids …
Winter’s Return
The next storm, slated to move into Iowa Friday night may bring significant amounts of rain and snow to the state. Right now the heaviest band of snow is expected to fall in the eastern and southeastern parts of the state. Amounts are too early to call at this time. The storm will exit the …
The Next Big Storm
The next storm is set to move in for the weekend. Beginning on Friday, rain will overspread the state from the southwest, later Friday night into Saturday, the rain will mix with and may change to all snow over parts of the state. It’s too early to determine where the snow will fall or how …
A Quieter Day
A band of showers and isolated thunderstorms is moving through the state this morning. The heaviest rain was located from Williamsburg to Bloomfield. It’s moving northeast. Severe Weather is not expected today, as the threat has shifted south of the state into Missouri and downstate Illinois. However, showers and thunderstorms are expected off and on …
Late Night Radar Look
At 11:25 the line of showers and thunderstorms was along a line extending from Clear Lake to Iowa Falls to State Center to Mitchellville to Lamoni. This line was pushing off to the east at 25-30 mph. The storms are not expected to be severe the rest of the night, but winds up to 40-45 …
An Interesting Note
96 years ago on March 23, 1913 a tornado blew across Omaha killing 115 people in Omaha. Several other tornadoes hit that Easter Sunday, including a tornado that hit Berlin NE, and another that missed the town of Harlan in Shelby County. In Iowa, 33 people died from the Easter Sunday Tornadoes, including 17 killed …
Very Windy Conditions
Rain has moved out of the state early this afternoon. Strong southeasterly winds have moved in with gusts occasionally over 35 mph. Travel may be difficult for high profile vehicles on north south roads the rest of today. Tornado Watches have been posted to our west. A few Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been issued as …
Slight Risk Monday (3/23/09)
The latest outlook from the Storm Prediction Center still shows a slight risk of Severe Weather for today and tonight in the western 3 quarters of the state, mainly west of the Avenue of the Saints (West of a line from Mount Pleasant to Iowa City to Cedar Rapids to Waterloo to Mason City). Large …