Early Monday morning a complex of thunderstorms developed in and around Sioux City. These thunderstorms proceeded east and southeast into Iowa and began to develop further. Wind gust over 80 with some wind gusts estimated over 100 mph were felt thoroughout Iowa. Numerous reports of damage were recieved in a 15-25 mile wide swath from …

I have returned home from Minnesota so updates will be more frequent from here in. At 3pm there was a batch of light to moderate rain in NW Iowa mainly north of US Hwy 20 and west of US Hwy 71. This is moving to the east and should amount to only a quarter of …

I will be returning to Iowa today from Minneapolis. No rain is forecast for RAGBRAI riders during the day on their way from Ames to Tama-Toledo. A chance of thunderstorms will be possible this evening mainly west of Interstate 35 with the chances increasing as the night goes on toward the east. This is with …

There is a slight risk for severe weather in southern Iowa, mainly south of a line from Sioux Falls to Fort Dodge to the Quad Cities. The main threats will be large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. The event will be similar to the thunderstorm complex that moved across the state early this morning, …

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Monday. A large batch of thunderstorms is expected to develop in Nebraska and will track eastward into Iowa through the evening and overnight hours. With the heavy amounts of rain that have occurred over the last four days, flash flooding and river flooding can be expected. A …

There is a slight risk of Severe Weather for the entire state of Iowa on Sunday. The main threats will be like yesterday, damaging wind, large hail and isolated tornadoes. The threats are a bit higher than on Saturday, with a larger threat of very large hail especially in western Iowa along with a higher …

All Warnings have expired at this time. After a very large thunderstorm moved through, the remnant rainfall with embedded thunder and lightning persists across the SE quarter of Iowa. Moderate to heavy rain amounts can be expected the rest of the night mainly south of US Hwy 30 and east of Interstate 35. Elsewhere a …

There is a slight risk for Severe Weather today for Iowa mainly north of US Hwy 34 or along and north of a line from Burlington to Ottumwa to Creston to Glenwood. The main threats will be large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The tornado threat is heightened more today than in past days …

A few showers are currently moving mainly through the eastern part of the state. The showers are light in nature and shouldn’t produce more than a tenth of an inch of rain. Minor to moderate flooding continues on some rivers in the southern part of the state and will continue through at least mid-week next …

Some light to moderate rain is located in SE Iowa mainly south of US Hwy 30 and east of US Hwy 63. There is a few heavier showers and isolated thunderstorms west of Waterloo and a small line of showers trying to develop in the northern part of the state. These showers will tend to …