The National Weather Service has expanded the Flash Flood Watch to include a large portion of central Iowa and all of eastern counties of the state through Friday morning. The counties added to the Watch include, Buchanan, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, …
Category: Flooding
Missouri River at Omaha surpasses 1993 Flood!
From the NWS in Omaha, THE RIVER STAGE ON THE MISSOURI RIVER AT OMAHA HAS SURPASSED THE FLOOD CREST THAT WAS SET IN THE 1993 FLOOD. THE CREST IN 1993 AT OMAHA WAS 30.26 FEET. THE RIVER CURRENTLY IS AROUND 30.4 FEET. THE CURRENT RIVER LEVEL IS THE 2ND HIGHEST ON RECORD AT OMAHA…BEHIND THE …
Flash Flood Watch across EC Iowa until Friday Morning
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Flash Flood Watch effective until Friday morning for the following counties, Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and Washington. * SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER SATURATED SOILS. * RAPID RUN OFF FROM HEAVY …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/8/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASAFwQKm_4c&hl=en&fs=1] HEAT DEPARTURE: This will be the last day of the heat wave across the state with a cold front moving through today. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the front and may become severe. The Storm Prediction Center has outlooked a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across a large …
One Consequence of the Missouri River Flooding
Amtrak announced today that service on the California Zephyr between Denver and Chicago will be shut down temporarily because of the flooding of the Missouri River. This will be effective for eastbound riders (coming from Denver) Thursday and westbound (from Chicago) on Friday. This is expected to last through Tuesday of next week if not …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/7/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaZaIiEiDcE&hl=en&fs=1] HOT TUESDAY: Another hot day is in store across the state. Readings yesterday hit 100° in numerous locations over the western and central counties including Atlantic which hit 102° Newton and Shenandoah hit the century mark as well. Readings may reach 100 again today in some locales, otherwise mid to upper 90s will …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/6/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T78Rmy9L_Q&hl=en&fs=1] HOT!: The next two to three days will be very hot across the state. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s across the state, with some locations possibly reaching 100°. With dewpoints in the mid 60s to around 70°, heat indices will easily surpass 100 and possibly go as high as …
Levee Breach near Hamburg
The earlier Flash Flood Warning across Fremont County which was for the levee weakening has now led Fremont County Officials to evacuate about half the population of Hamburg (Pop 1141) in far southwestern Iowa. Sandbags were delivered to the break just over the border in far NW Missouri, because it was too dangerous for people …
Flash Flood Warning (Fremont) until 3:30pm
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 931 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN… SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 330 PM CDT SUNDAY * AT 922 AM CDT…LOCAL …
Iowa Forecast Video 6/5/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEz9bAoFUNQ&hl=en&fs=1] BATTLEGROUND:The keys words of this forecast video is cool dry air and hot humid air. The battleground over these two air masses will be taking place across the area over the next two weeks. In the short term, some cooler but more importantly drier air has moved into the state with the passage …