The cell that was tracking across NW Iowa the last few hours has weakened significantly, however it has merged with the southern extension of the storms that have been producing torrid amounts of Severe Weather in Minnesota, including tornadoes. The radar shows the merger happening in NE Kossuth county and NW Winneabago county near Buffalo …
Category: All of Iowa
Just before 7pm
The line of broken thunderstorms extended in Iowa from Little Rock in northeastern Lyon County to Chatsworth in SW Sioux County. The individual cells are moving NE. The storms are not severe, this may be due to the very strong activity ongoing in Minnesota with numerous tornado sightings taking place NW of the Twin Cities, …
6pm Update
A line of developing showers and thunderstorms is moving into NW Lyon County near the town of Larchwood. Otherwise the rest of the state remains quiet, hot and humid as the cold front nears the state. Some severe warned storms are SE of Keokuk in west central Illinois, but they are moving away from the …
4:30 Update
Only a few isolated showers remain in the state currently. The Storm Prediction Center is looking at the possibility of issuing a new watch in the Northwestern part of the state in the next hour or so.
Mid Afternoon Update
Temperatures at this hour are running in the mid 80s to lower to mid 90s in Iowa. A few showers are in a weakening stage moving across US Hwy 218 between Iowa City and Mount Pleasant. Boundaries from these decaying showers and earlier thunderstorms that formed in central Illinois will spark a new round of …
1pm Outlook
At 1pm, Radar shows a few showers and isolated thunderstorms from eastern Jasper county southward to Ottumwa to Bloomfield. These storms are not severe and will only produce light to moderate rain over the next hour as they move to the east. The threats for severe weather the rest of the day remain the same …
Slight Risk Friday
Another day, another Severe Weather Risk. There is a slight risk for Severe Weather for almost the entire state of Iowa. The main threats, Large Hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornado. The tornado threat is more concentrated into Minnesota near International Falls down to St Cloud, but the threat does exist at this time …
Late Night Update
There is no rain in the state at this time. The Severe Thunderstorm Watch that had been extended until Midnight has been cancelled for all the Iowa counties. The rest of the night should remain relatively quiet. There is still storms in South Dakota into Minnesota that will be watch throughout the night. Lows should …
4pm Update
Showers are departing the extreme eastern part of the state at this time. No warnings are in effect in Iowa. A vigourous squall line is moving to the east of La Crosse Wisconsin with the storms tailing westward into southern Fillmore and Southern Houston Counties in Minnesota. The storms were just hugging the border with …
3pm Update
A Tornadic storm continues moving through Clinton County near De Witt. This storm will move into Illinois by 3:30pm. A squall line is moving through SE Minnesota with warnings as far south as the Minnesota-Iowa border. These storms will effect areas like Cresco, West Union, Decorah, Waukon and Elkader through 5pm. Elsewhere the skies remain …