Just across the river from Burlington, a very isolated cell has been producing some large hail and wind gusts to 70 mph in Henderson County Illinois. This storm is moving west at 5 mph. It was located 12 miles east of Burlington. In Iowa there is a small cell in SW Lee County near Croton …
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River Flooding Update Tuesday
There are still two rivers, Skunk River at Augusta and Chariton River at Chariton that are still flooding this afternoon. Both rivers will fall below flood stage this evening. The Chariton River at Chariton has minor flooding while the Skunk River at Augusta has moderate flooding at this time.
River Flooding Monday Update
A few rivers continue above flood stage today. They should fall below flood stage by tomorrow. The Chariton River at Chariton has minor flooding and is expected to fall below flood stage tonight. The Skunk River at Augusta has major flooding and is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow morning. The English River at …
Some Rainfall Totals from this weekend
Here is some rainfall totals from the front and remnants of Lowell (from the Pacific) and Ike (From the Atlantic) that moved through this past weekend. OAKLAND MILLS 3W 7.60 DONNELSON 7.07 MOUNT PLEASANT 7.04 BURLINGTON 6.5N 6.97 LONDON 1.5 SW 6.96 WAPELLO 6.71 KEOSAUQUA 6.06 FORT MADISON 5.54 LE CLAIRE 0.2 ESE 5.35 DAVENPORT …
River Flooding Update
A number of rivers continue to flood, but many have fallen below flood stage at this time. Here are the remaining rivers currently in flood or about to flood. The Chariton River at Chariton (Minor Flooding) Will fall below flood stage this evening. The English River at Kalona (Minor Flooding) Will crest in Moderate flood …
Flood Warning Updates
There are numerous flood warnings in effect at midday. A Flash Flood Warning continues in Scott and Muscatine county. There is a Flood warning for Davis, Lucas, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and Van Buren counties in SC and SE Iowa until this evening. This is for mainly urban and small stream flooding. Onto …
Flash Flood Warning in SC Iowa
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 916 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA… SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH …
River Flood Warnings
Here are the latest River flood warnings across the state. There’s most likely going to be more as the night goes. * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH FORK CHARITON RIVER AT PROMISE CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE…OR THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 11:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS …
Rain’s Northward March
At 2pm, the shield of light to moderate rain was located roughly along and south of US Hwy 30. This will continue moving northward through the rest of the afternoon. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect from 7pm tonight until 1pm Saturday for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, …
Flood Book Updates
Thought I’d put an update to the books being written about the Iowa Flood this past June. The book “Un-Natural Disasters” which is about the EF5 tornado in Parkersburg and the Floods of 2008 is in post production according to author Terry Swails and his wife Carolyn Wettstone who were interviewed by Ron Steele on …