The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm watch effective until 7pm for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Washington, Allamakee and Clayton. Thunderstorms across SE Iowa and NE Missouri into WC Illinois will move …
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Strong Storms Continuing over SW Iowa
…SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN FREMONT…EASTERN MILLS… MONTGOMERY…NORTHWESTERN PAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT… AT 112 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RED OAK TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESSEX TO RIVERTON…AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS …
New Warning (Adams and Cass) until 1:30pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1243 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… SOUTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * …
Iowa Forecast Video 5/11/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy8JvGP_I3U&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for the western sections of the state, mainly west of Interstate 35. The main threat will be from large hail. Some damaging wind is possible as well. The main window of severe weather will be from mid-afternoon to around …
Iowa Forecast Video 5/10/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lHyfb4AyOk&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across the far northeastern sections of the state. The main threat will likely remain north of the state in Minnesota along the warm front that moved through the state yesterday. Most of the state will be dry and warm …
Iowa Forecast Video 5/9/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQAeJF9-coM&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER: The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight across the eastern counties of the state. This includes Waterloo, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, The Quad Cities and Burlington. The main threats will be from large hail and damaging winds, although a tornado can’t be …
Iowa Forecast Video 5/8/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2LieECpbIU&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER: The Storm Prediction Center has outlooked a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for the western half of the state. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds. There is also an outlooked area across far eastern Iowa into Illinois for Monday and Monday night, however …
Summer Temps Returning Tuesday
Above is from the WRFn Model from the University of Illinois. This shows that very warm if not hot temperatures will be returning to the state ahead of the cold front that is forecast to move through on Wednesday. It shows 90s across SW Iowa, with 80s covering most of the state except the NE …
Completed Survey of April 9th Tornadoes
There have been a few changes from the preliminary findings of the tornado outbreak that hit NW Iowa hard on the evening of Saturday April 9th. One tornado was upgraded from EF3 to EF4 in Pocahontas County. Here are the tornadoes (NWS Des Moines’ Only) results.
Iowa Forecast Video 4/30/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szW9tisnEBw&hl=en&fs=1] TODAY: Rain is back in the state again today, with chances of showers and thunderstorms along a cold front. Severe weather is not expected with this storm system. Amounts will be rather light with many locales seeing a tenth of an inch with isolated amounts over a quarter inch in thunderstorms. NEXT WEEK: …