The Iowa Tornado Outbreak of 2005 occurred on Saturday November 12th, 2005. Temperatures were in the low 60s on Saturday. A Vigorous system moved eastward from the plains. The SPC had a slight risk of severe weather for most of Iowa that day. Thunderstorms began early in the afternoon and by 4pm the storms began …
Category: All of Iowa
Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940
The Armistice Day Blizzard occurred on November 11th 1940. Now known as Veterans day, this blizzard was not well forecasted. Prior to this storm unusally warm weather was occurring with temperatures in the 50s and 60s, many hunters went out hunting given the warm weather and ideal conditions. Drastic temperature swings occurred with temperatures dropping …
Winter Weather Advisory Expanded Again
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 6am Tuesday morning for the following counties in Iowa, Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Poweshiek, Sac and Warren. These counties have been added to the previous counties under this advisory. Snow, …
Winter Weather on its way!
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory which goes into effect at Midnight tonight and will be in effect until Noon on Tuesday for the following counties in Iowa, Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien and Clay. A Winter Weather advisory has also been issued starting at 9pm tonight and …
Cold and Gloomy
Today it feels more like Mid-Winter than Early to Mid November. Temperatures at 1pm were still around the freezing point. A few places were reporting peeks of sunshine but most of the state is still socked in with clouds. The wind has died down from yesterday but the wind that is around is producing wind …
An Evening of Cold and Happiness
The temperatures may be cold outside, but happiness is all around with Iowa’s win today over #3 Penn State. At the game it was snowing off and on for most of the game, the wind was blowing constantly and everyone was trying to keep themselves warm with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee or …
Cold Cloudy Windy
Saturday will continue cold, cloudy and windy. A few snow flurries will be possible throughout the day. Temperatures will remain in the 30s to around 40 with wind chills remaining in the 20s. The sun will make a return tomorrow but temperatures will remain 5-8 degrees below average with temps in the low 40s.
Evening Snow
Snow will continue, at times moderately across the state. The heaviest snow band (mixed with some rain) was located in central Iowa between Marshalltown and Waterloo and a small band in eastern Iowa from Muscatine to the Quad Cities. The rest of the state is seeing light snow or a mix of snow and rain. …
Rain & Snow
Rain and Snow will continue through this evening across the state. Any accumulations will be light and would likely be in grassy areas. There shouldn’t be any issues with the roads until late tonight when there could be a few icy patches. Up to an inch may fall especially north of US Hwy 20 by …
Weekend Football Forecast
Penn State @ Iowa (2:30CST Kickoff) Tailgating: COLD, Cloudy, a slight chance of snow showers. Temp Mid 30s Winds WNW at 10-20mph and Gusty. Kickoff: COLD, Cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Temp 40° Winds WNW at 10-20mph and Gusty. End of Game: Cold and Cloudy. Temp in the mid 30s. Winds NW …