Here are the final rainfall amounts from the area weather stations (ASOS, AWOS and School Net) from the 3 day rain event (Tuesday-Thursday)
Category: Storm Reports
Links to Numerous Pictures from the Flash Flooding Event
Here are a few links to the numerous pictures of the Flash Flooding Event that has taken place today across the eastern parts of the state. More will be added… KCRG-TV’s Younews KWWL Pictures
Rainfall Amounts Updated
Here is the latest amounts of rain from this storm. Some of the amounts have been since Midnight, others have been since the rain began late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. Upwards of a FOOT of rain has fallen in the southeastern parts of the state. 3-6 inches of rain has been the common amount for …
Preliminary Tornado Confirmations from La Crosse NWS
A storm survey was/is being performed on the tornadoes that affected parts of Chickasaw, Fayette, and Winneshiek counties in northeast Iowa on Wednesday, August 19th. The following information was gleaned from these surveys: Tornado near Fredericksburg, IA (Chickasaw County)… This tornado touched down between 3:09 pm and 3:14 pm approximately 4 miles southeast of Fredericksburg. …
Wednesday’s Tornado Confirmation
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 315 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009 STORM SURVEY RESULTS REGARDING THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN BUCHANAN AND JONES COUNTIES ON AUGUST 19…2009. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON AUGUST 19…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO EASTERN IOWA. THIS LINE CONTAINED EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS…TWO OF WHICH PRODUCED …
Tornado today in Minneapolis
There was a tornado today in Minneapolis Minnesota. It went through the southern part of the city and moved in the northeasterly direction. The tornado formed shortly after 2pm. Some damage was reported at the Minneapolis Convention Center where the National Evangelical Lutheran Church was holding their National Convention. Also the Central Lutheran Church sustained …
Storm Reports August 9th 2009
Here are the preliminary storm reports so far that have come into the NWS Offices that cover the state of Iowa. Wind Damage reports were left out. Only Wind Gust and hail reports were included thus far. More reports will likely come in throughout the night to the NWS offices across the state.
The Rain Haves and Have Nots
Parts of the state got little if any rain from the latest storm system to move through the state, meanwhile other parts of the state recieved a full month’s worth of rain in 24 hours, with areas along a line extending from Atlantic to Lamoni receiving anywhere between 3-5 inches with some estimated amounts close …
Storm Reports from June 23rd
Here are the storm reports from NWS in Sioux Falls, Des Moines and the Quad Cities. (Iowa Storm Reports Only) 10:25am Sioux 3 S Maurice,IA HAIL 0.75 12:15pm Woodbury Oto,IA TSTM WND GST 60 corn flattened 1:37 pm Kossuth 8 N Fenton,IA HAIL 0.88 2:15 pm Kossuth 2 Nw Lu Verne,IA TSTM WND DMG 0 …
A Dozen Twisters
This is from the NWS in Des Moines regarding the “outbreak” of brief tornadoes on Sunday. …TWELVE TORNADOES OCCURRED NEAR HIGHWAY 20 ON SUNDAY… A FIRST REVIEW OF SPOTTER REPORTS…PHOTOS AND RADAR DATAINDICATES THAT TWELVE SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES OCCURRED SUNDAYAFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITHIN THE NWS DES MOINES AREA OFRESPONSIBILITY. CONTACTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCYMANAGERS …