Here is the latest river forecasts along the Mississippi River. The river should be cresting sometime tonight or during the overnight hours at Lansing (below flood stage) and at Lynxville WI (Moderate Flooding). The rest of the river will still rise slowly with crests taking place through next Saturday down as far as Muscatine. From …
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Iowa Forecast Video 4/16/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVpTQf4oiiY&hl=en&fs=1] BOUTS OF RAIN: The storm will be departing today with cooler conditions remaining over the state. There could be a few snowflakes mixed in with any precipitation during the morning hours. The next bout of rain will move back into the state Monday across the western counties and Monday night and Tuesday elsewhere. …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/15/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWMfRAFcKU8&hl=en&fs=1] RAINY: It will be rainy today across the state. The eastern counties steered clear of most of the precipitation yesterday, but they won’t be so lucky today with it. Rain, will overspread the state during the day with some heavy at times although amounts from this storm will likely remain under an inch. …
2011 Mississippi River Flooding Update #3
Here is the latest flood forecast for the Mississippi River. Some of the locations in the northeastern sections of the state (and Lynxville WI) have come down on their crests by an inch or two, but from Dubuque downstream, the crests have been inched upward from a few inches to over a foot, with possibly …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/14/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw6y5WlUX_8&fs=1&hl=en_US] COOL AND RAINY: Today will be the beginning of much cooler and wetter conditions across the state. The eastern sections will be dry for a good portion of today (outside rain that fell last night) while the western counties will see some showers by the late morning hours. The entire state will see …
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 835 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 IAC103-140200- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060414T0200Z/ JOHNSON IA- 835 PM CDT THU APR 13 2006 …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY… AT 833 PM CDT…TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR …
2011 Mississippi River Flooding Update #2
Here are the latest river forecasts for the Mississippi River. Some of the crest levels have come down a little over the north, while areas downstream see the crest levels continue to go up as the river there is likely not going to crest for at least two weeks or more. Moderate to Major Flooding …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/13/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTP3RgLOEM&hl=en&fs=1] NEXT STORM: Precipitation will move back into the state as early as very late tonight or Thursday morning with a weak front moving in from the northwest. Regardless if any precipitation comes from that storm, a new one to the south and west will be the main focus of weather over the next …
2011 Mississippi River Flooding Update #1
As we shift our river flooding focus toward the Mississippi River, above is all the river points that are on either side of the Mississippi along the Iowa portion. Everywhere from McGregor on south, the date of April 18th is the farthest the forecast goes, there is a very good liklihood the river will continue …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/12/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmLD-85HRHw&hl=en&fs=1] QUIET/WARM: The next two days will be calm, dry and warm with readings around 6-11° above the climatic average for this time of year. This will help in storm cleanup from the weekend’s storms and the river flooding ongoing. MESSY END: The end of the week will be rather messy across the state …