[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqryd6KXPx4&hl=en&fs=1] PRECIP THURS: The next chance of precipitation will come Thursday into Friday with a weak disturbance moving through. It will likely be in the form of some rain or a rain snow mix, with a mix possible during the overnight hours of Thursday night into Friday morning (along with all snow in some …
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Iowa Forecast Video 3/29/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fltPa6GtbBo&hl=en&fs=1] NEARLY DRY: Dry weather continued over the state on Monday sans for a few snow showers across the western and southwestern counties of the state. The eastern 2/3rds of the state were saved by the persistent easterly wind and low dewpoints that were in the teens and even single digits in some locations. …
River Flooding 2011 Update #4
River flooding continues across the northern counties and along the Mississippi River. Some flood warnings have been cancelled across the northwest as rivers have begun to fall below flood stage in those areas. However, the concerns of flooding will slowly begin to shift over to the Mississippi as it continues to rise. Here are the …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/28/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj04y8KPtHU&hl=en&fs=1] DRY WEEK AHEAD: Latest model run shows it should be a relatively dry week with a brush of snow across the far southern counties Tuesday (nothing more than a isolated snow showers or flurries) and some possible rain and or snow Thursday with a weak distrubance. It looks to be the next big …
Iowa Forecast Video 3/26/2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qNAyJtKHM&hl=en&fs=1] ALMOST DRY WEEKEND: Dry easterly winds will keep a lot of precipitation out of the state this weekend, with only the far southern and southwestern counties (similiar to last night) getting any snow showers or flurries today. BIG SNOW TUESDAY?: Models are showing a possibility of a large amount of snow possible across …
River Flooding 2011 Update #3
River flooding continues to be an issue across the northern counties of the state and along the Mississippi River, with continued snowmelt across Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. The cooler than average temperatures will help in slowing the melting process down and in turn may lessen the flooding prospects on the major rivers across the …
River Flooding 2011 Update #2
New Flood Warnings were issued earlier today for the Mississippi River all the way to Burlington. The current river flood warnings are as follows, West Fork Des Moines River at Humboldt Cedar River at Janesville Cedar River at Cedar Falls Cedar River at Waterloo Shell Rock River at Shell Rock West Fork Des Moines River …
Confirmed EF2 Tornado in Madison County
…FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY… …EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE ASSESSED… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER MADISON COUNTY ON MARCH 22ND. * EVENT DATE: MARCH 22ND * ESTIMATED START TIME: 6:15 PM CDT * EVENT TYPE: EF2 TORNADO * EVENT LOCATION: 7 MILES NORTH WEST OF WINTERSET …
Survey on Massena Tornado
From the NWS in Des Moines… …FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASSENA… …LOW-END EF-1 TORNADO… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER 3 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASSENA ON MARCH 22 2011. * EVENT DATE: MARCH 22 2011. * ESTIMATED START TIME: 530 PM. * …
Spring River Flooding 3/23/2011
Here are the current rivers that are under river flood warnings at this time. West Fork Des Moines River at Humboldt West Fork Des Moines River at Emmetsburg Cedar River at Cedar Falls Cedar River at Waterloo Winnebago River at Mason City Wapsipinicon River near De Witt Shell Rock River at Shell Rock West Fork …