It will be slightly less humid and slightly cooler today. The cooler drier weather will return Wednesday and will really be felt this upcoming weekend with temperatures around 5 degrees below average for highs and lows. There is a slight risk of severe weather for extreme SE Iowa. It’s a very small area that it …

New Storms have fired in central Iowa along the outflow boundary from the morning thunderstorms (not the complex that moved through eastern Iowa earlier this evening and afternoon) Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been issued in and around the Des Moines Metro area. These storms are moving SE and will effect Knoxville, Indianola, Oskaloosa and Ottumwa …

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1207 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES… …

All the warnings that were in effect have now expired. The storm complex is now moving through northern Illinois with strong winds and heavy rain. It will make it into the western Chicago Suburbs by 8:30pm. Except for a few remaining rain showers in Jackson and Clinton county and one rouge shower in south central …

The 4pm Temperature reading at Muscatine tells how dangerous the heat is. The temperature was 99 with a heat index of 128! The dewpoint was 84. This is close to being very dangerous. Now I would caution, the Muscatine temperature readings in the past have tended to be overzealous and there isn’t any other heat …

Thunderstorms are developing along a line extending from Prairie Du Chien WI to Toledo with another cluster in SW Iowa north and west of Hamburg. These storms are moving to the east at about 25-30 mph. There is a possiblity that there could be a watch in the next hour for these storms. There is …

A few moderate showers and thunderstorms continue in Allamakee (where there was a warning that expired a few minutes ago) and Winneshiek counties in NE Iowa. Also a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms were extending from Lake Mills to Algona to Onawa. These storms are ahead of a cold front that is moving into …

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 10:30 for Chickasaw County in NE Iowa. This storm was near New Hampton moving east at 35 mph. This will move towards West Union, Decorah, Postville and Waukon in the next 90 minutes. Other thunderstorms were scattered in east central Iowa and some in the northern part …

There is a slight risk for Severe Weather for the entire state of Iowa. The threats are VERY large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. This may be upgraded or shifted as other outlooks are issued later on.

It’s still quite warm at 9pm across the state of Iowa. The warmest reading was 88 with a heat index of 100 at both Shenandoah and Council Bluffs. Both places were 99 with heat indices near 120 earlier in the afternoon. Radar is quiet right now, but that could change as the enviroment is VERY …