Numerous tornado warnings and confirmed tornadoes have occurred in southeastern South Dakota this afternoon. The latest confirmed tornado was located 14 miles southwest of Mitchell moving slowly southeast at 10mph. There was a wall cloud briefly on the webcam from Mitchell but it has since disappeared. These storms (likely not severe) will move into NW …
Category: Severe Weather
Severe Weather on Tuesday and Wednesday
There is a slight risk of severe weather for today (Tuesday) and Wednesday for parts of Iowa. Tuesday’s risk area is mainly for areas southwest of a line from Algona to Ottumwa to Burlington. Wednesday’s risk includes the entire state of Iowa. The threats both days will be large hail and damaging winds and isolated …
Storms Moving Into State
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms is about to move into the southwestern parts of the state late this evening. A Severe Thunderstorm watch is in effect until 3am for the counties of Adams, Cass, Ringgold, Taylor, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and Pottawattamie. Some warnings may occur in these areas in the next hour …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 3
Recovery has been slow and long in the year since the flood water receded. Numerous houses are being bulldozed and many residents are waiting for buyouts. Damage has been estimated over 1 Billion Dollars in Iowa, making it one of the worst disasters in the United States. Many businesses have reopened in the flood damaged …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 2
The rivers are embeded in memory, Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Iowa, Des Moines, Mississippi, Turkey, Upper Iowa. They are along with many others were the ones that flooded to in some cases unbelieveable records. For only the second time ever, the Coralville Reservoir went over the emergency dam, (the other time was 1993) and crested just over …
Flash Flood Warning (Lee) until 8am
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 200 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS …
One Year Later: The Flood of 2008 Part 1
No words can describe what occurred across the state of Iowa a year ago. Rivers were cresting or within a week of cresting (some at record levels) across the state. At Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River crested 11 feet above the previous record (31.2 feet) on June 13th. The river flowed into neighborhoods that thought …
Damage Survey Result from June 7th
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 342 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 …FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR DALLAS COUNTY… …BRIEF PATH OF TORNADIC DAMAGE SOUTH OF DALLAS CENTER… THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER DALLAS COUNTY ON JUNE 7 2009. * EVENT DATE: JUNE 7 …
Flash Flood Warning (Des Moines, Lee)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 129 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… …
New Warning (Decatur, Ringgold)
The previous warning in Ringgold county has been cancelled and replaced with this one. BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1238 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH …