The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for Severe Weather for today and tonight for southern Iowa, mainly south of a line from Hamburg to Creston to Muscatine. The main threat from thunderstorms that develop will be large hail. The thunderstorms will likely develop after sunset Friday night and will likely last into …
Category: Severe Weather
New Severe Criteria
The Central Region Headquarters of the National Weather Service in Kansas City issued new criteria for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. The criteria for severe hail has been raised from 3/4 inch in diameter to 1 inch for all NWS Offices in the Central Region, (This includes all the NWS offices that issue warnings in Iowa). This …
The First Spring Flood Outlook
The latest flood outlooks show that the chances for flooding on area rivers and streams this spring as at or below normal. This may be due to the lack of snowpack left in the state. Links are below. NWS Des Moines Flood Outlook NWS Quad Cities Flood Outlook
Snow Amounts Feb 27-28th
Heavy snow has moved into Missouri, Arkansas and western Tennessee.
Flooding Possible
Some heavy seasonal rainfall will likely occur with the thunderstorms moving across eastern Iowa this afternoon. A report of water flowing out of a frozen farm field in Benton County has been reported. With frozen ground, most of the rain will run off which could cause some localized flooding. At just after 2pm, the strongest …
Storm Notes
The National Weather Service has changed the advisories and watches and warnings. A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect in NE Iowa, (This will likely change in an hour or so, when the morning discussion is issued by the National Weather Service in LaCrosse. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued that will go into …
Snow Amounts Feb 13th 2009
Here are a few of the preliminary snow amounts from the storm on Friday. Some reports may still come in as it continues to snow in the eastern part of the state late this evening.
Flooding Continues
Even with a snow storm moving through the state today, flooding continues on some rivers in the state because of the recent snow melt. The Little Sioux River at Cherokee and Spencer along with the Big Sioux River at Akron and Hawarden continue under Flood Warnings through at least Saturday. The Raccoon River in the …
More Flood Warnings Issued
Several rivers are currently in flood or will be in flood with the rapid snowmelt that has taken place over the last number of days. A Flood Warning has been issued for the Little Sioux River at Cherokee, Spencer and Milford. A Flood Warning has also been issued for the Ocheyedan River near Spencer and …
Flooding Issues
Numerous Rivers are under a Flood Warning because of the recent snow melt across the state. The Raccoon River at Des Moines (The gage at IA Hwy 28), The South Skunk River at Oskaloosa, The Maquoketa River at Maquoketa, The Iowa River at Marengo and Lone Tree just to name a few. The rivers should …