Here are the snow totals from the rare May Snow event May 1st through the 3rd. This post is final as of 8:45pm May 3rd Albert Lea MN 10″ Albia 4.5″ Alpha 1.5″ Algona 6″ Algona 5NE 10.5″ Allerton 10″ Allison 4″ Alta 4.3″ Ames 5.3″ 8SW Ames 4.0″ Atlantic 2.3″ Auburn 3.5″ Audubon 4″ …
Category: Severe Weather
Iowa Forecast Discussion April 30th 2013
No Video today NEXT FEW DAYS: A cold front which brought some severe weather to the state during the late evening into the early morning hours will still be around today. Another batch of showers and thunderstorms is possible along with the threat for some severe weather as well. Temperatures today will be in the …
Slight Risk of Severe Weather Again Later Today across portions of Iowa
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1227 AM CDT TUE APR 30 2013 VALID 301200Z – 011200Z …THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM NRN KS INTO IA AND WI… …SYNOPSIS… A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL EJECT NEWD FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO ONTARIO DURING THE DAY WITH TRAILING …
Iowa Weather Report April 29th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZl6bw3gAXA&w=480&h=360] COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN AHEAD: The next week across the state is going to be the most challenging and possibly interesting weeks we’ve seen in quite a while. First off we have a cold front moving through the state today with some showers and thunderstorms mainly in the morning and then again in the …
Small Slight Risk of Severe Weather for Eastern Iowa Monday
The Storm Prediction Center has put a small section of eastern Iowa under a Slight Risk of severe weather for Monday into Monday night. The main threat will likely be from large hail at this time, however damaging winds could also be a threat. If temperatures warm to near 80 or so, an isolated tornado …
Iowa Weather Report April 28th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ou-RCNoU0A&w=480&h=360] WON’T LAST: The warm weather continues today with temperatures well into the 70s and perhaps a few low 80s in western Iowa. It will be sunny but clouds will be rolling in as the next system approaches from the west. This will bring a few showers and thunderstorms to the state late tonight …
Two Years Ago We were Quiet, The South However was Not
With our weather nice and warm this weekend, an anniversary of an outbreak that will be etched in the memories of those who were and those who weren’t effected by the April 27th 2011 outbreak comes around again today. Our weather that day was quiet and cool as the system that went on to produce …
The Latest on the Flood Warnings Still Ongoing on the MS River and the Wapsi at De Witt
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1025 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2013 RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE PAST PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY…TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. TURN AROUND…DON/T DROWN. ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES …
Rainfall Totals (April 16-18th 2013)
Here are some of the heaviest rainfall totals from this system that brought flooding rains across the southeastern half of the state. Numa 7.3 North Liberty 7 Centerville 6.76 Riverside 6.63 North Liberty 6.45 Wellman 6.25 Coralville 6.05 Promise City 5.9 Rathbun Dam 5.75 Knoxville 5.7 Parnell 5.5 Pella 5.5 Pleasant Plain 5.5 North English …
Snow Totals (April 17-18th 2013) in NW Iowa
Here are the snow totals for the late season storm that hit the northwestern sections of the state. Hawarden 5″ Sibley 8″ Lester 6.1″ Sheldon 5.7″ Akron 5.5″ Ocheyedan 5″ Everly 5″ Spencer 1.5″ Sioux Rapids 3.1″ Sioux Center 5″ Sioux City 4.7″ (record for the date) Rock Valley 4.1″ Canton SD 3.5″ Spirit Lake …