Strong southerly winds will continue throughout the night as a strong low moves NE across SE South Dakota into Minnesota. Wind damage has already occurred in Harlan and 2 Semis were blown over on Interstate 80 near the Shelby Exit. Some showers are moving through the western part of the state, some of these showers …
Category: Severe Weather
Slight Risk Monday
As we’ve been talking about for the last few days the possibility of severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a slight risk of Severe Weather for Today for the SW 1/4 of Iowa mainly southwest of the Des Moines Metro. The main threats will be large hail and gusty winds, with a very …
Reading Rainbow: Tornado Accounts of Tornadoes in Iowa
For a book that has been out of print for over 20 years, I recently recieved a copy of Tornado Accounts of Tornadoes in Iowa Second Edition by John L Stanford (former Professor at Iowa State). The book (Second Edition) was written and compiled in 1987. (A first Edition was written in 1977). This is …
Historical WX: January 24-27th 1967
After a bitter arctic blast, I thought it was time to look at a warm day from the past in the state of Iowa. On January 24th 1967, a large storm system was developing in the central Rockies. By noon the center of the low pressure system was moving over the central portions of Iowa. …
More Record Cold
Another morning of bitter cold across the state. Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Waterloo have tied or set new records for the date. Burlington fell to -21° which broke the previous record of -20° in 1977. Cedar Rapids for the third straight day broke another record dropping to -28° which blew away the previous record …
Big Time Records Fall
Numerous records fell today from the blast of arctic cold. Spencer tied a record with a low of -27°. Sioux City set a new record this morning with a low of -20°. Burlington tied their record for the date with a low of -18°. Dubuque set a new record low for the date with a …
Final Tally of Jan 13th-14th Snow
Another storm, another round of snowfall across the state. The heaviest snowfall from this storm fell in roughly the same areas that had the heavy snow in the last storm. Anywhere from 4 to as much as 9 inches fell across an area from Parkersburg to Clinton. Unlike the last storm, the snow this time …
Final Tally of the Jan 9-10th Snow
Some updated amounts are still coming in, but here is the final tally of snowfall from Friday and Saturday’s snow. (Any more updates will be put on this post) The heaviest fell mainly in a 15-25 mile wide band along US Hwy 30 from Boone to Ames to Toledo to Cedar Rapids to Anamosa, with …
More than Expected
More snow fell then was expected last night. Snow continues falling this morning in the extreme eastern part of the state where a Winter Storm Warning is in effect until Noon. The Warning was issued very early this morning when total accumulations were expected to exceed advisory criteria. Some very preliminary snowfall accumulations are out …
Some Evening Notes
Some river flood warnings have been issued for numerous area rivers due to the snowmelt that has occurred over the last few days. This is also due to some ice jams as well. The Raccoon River near Des Moines is expected to crest soon due to an ice jam that is occurring there. A Flash …