The image above shows the last time there was a “hint” of drought across the state. The yellow across southwestern Iowa and a small smidge of eastern Allamakee County in NE Iowa was considered abnormally dry or D0 on the drought monitor. The last time D1 or Moderate Drought occurred in the state was September …
Category: Drought
Flash Flood Warning (Boone and Greene) until 9am
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 300 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 258 …
The First Six Months on Precipitation
Here is a chart of the first six months of precipitation for numerous reporting stations in Iowa and selected cities across the region. It shows that numerous locations in northern Iowa northward into Minnesota and the Dakotas are behind on precipitation at the halfway point of the year. This has led to a drought especially …
Getting Dry
The latest drought monitor shows that it’s becoming abnormally dry across the western part of the state. These areas as was mentioned a week or so ago are about 3-4 inches down on rainfall for the year. Some rain is forecast in the next week which may allievate any further drought from developing in this …
Latest on Drought
The Latest Drought Monitor for Iowa that was released Thursday morning shows only the far northern part of the state in abnormally dry conditions. Several counties in northern and northeast Iowa have instituted burn bans because of this. The dry area extends from NE Iowa northeastward into SE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin where D2 drought …
Moderate Drought in Iowa!
The latest drought monitor shows that parts of western Iowa are now in moderate drought. This was a part of the state that was the least effected by the June floods and by Gustav’s moisture this past week. Also the drought that is taking place in parts of Minnesota is beginning to creep into northern …