BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 606 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY …
Category: Severe Weather
New Warning (Mahaska) until 6:45pm
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 600 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 557 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
TORNADO Watch #82 until Midnight
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a TORNADO Watch until Midnight for the following counties, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Washington, Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello and Wayne. Storms are beginning to fire across southeastern sections of the state. …
Possible Watch for Eastern Iowa Upcoming
TSTM INITIATION IS LIKELY BETWEEN 22-23Z AND SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. WW IS LIKELY…ROUGHLY 70 PERCENT CHANCE. CUMULUS FIELD WAS DEEPENING LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SCNTRL/SERN IA AND EXTREME NCNTRL MO WITHIN A WEAKENING CAP ALONG NOSE OF STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. APPROACH OF LARGE-SCALE …
Waiting Game
As morning has shifted to afternoon, we continue to wait for showers and thunderstorms to begin to fire across the midwest. The Significant Tornado Parameter (STP) numbers have come up with readings over 5 in parts of SE Iowa (Anything over 1-2 is considered significant), CAPE values are still in the 750-1500 J/kg, but the …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/3/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFUqGkZcJE&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WX: There is a slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for areas SE of a line from Guttenberg to Lamoni. The main threats look to be large hail and damaging winds, but a tornado cannot be ruled out. This is all dependent on if the cap (CINH) breaks. There …
Severe Threat Increasing?
…MIDWEST/MIDDLE MS RIVER VALLEY TO SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS… AN UPPER TROUGH…CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST…WILL AMPLIFY/ADVANCE SOUTHEASTWARD IN A POSITIVE-TILT FASHION FROM THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL ROCKIES EARLY SUNDAY TO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. BENEATH A STRONG ELEVATED MIXED LAYER/CAP…LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL AGGRESSIVELY RETURN NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE DAY WITH AID …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/2/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlUA4oSfrFk&hl=en&fs=1] SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY: The Storm Prediction Center has issued a slight risk of severe weather for Sunday into Sunday night for the southeastern counties of the state, roughly SE of a Clinton to Centerville line. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats with the storms that roll through the area. …
Iowa Forecast Video 4/1/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZGBMFakYQ&hl=en&fs=1] STORMY SUNDAY: Aside from the precipitation that fell last into this morning across the state, the next chance of precipitation rolls in again on Sunday into Monday with a strong system. There is likely to be severe weather to the south of the state from Missouri into Oklahoma. The Day 3 Severe Weather …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/31/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI2_DKrYH_o&hl=en&fs=1] PRECIP TODAY: Some light precipitation will move into the state later today into tonight and Friday morning. The amounts are to remain light with up to a tenth of an inch of liquid possible. It will likely remain in the form of some rain with possible mix across the northern counties of the …