993 WWUS73 KDVN 300847 NPWDVN URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 347 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 …DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY… .A DOME OF HOT AND HUMID ARE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PUSH …
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My Belief about NOAA Weather Radio
Bad weather strikes Iowa at least once per year – and usually more. From severe weather to winter weather to fire weather to flooding – we depend on a source to alert us when the weather will be turning bad. We rely on Mobile Alerting Systems, Social Media (us!), Television, Radio, or Outdoor Alerting Systems. …
Heat Records in Des Moines Wednesday and Thursday
…HEAT RECORDS FOR DES MOINES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS… THE LAST TWO DAYS…JUNE 27 AND 28…HAVE SEEN EXCEPTIONAL WARMTH AT DES MOINES ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EARLY IN THE SUMMER. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES ON THE 27TH WAS THE FIRST TRIPLE-DIGIT HEAT REGISTERED SINCE 2006…AND THE FIRST IN JUNE SINCE 1988. THIS IS …
Heat Wave Hottest of the season so far! Sweltering heat Wednesday across the area, upper 90 degree air temps with heat index values as high as 108.F
Photo showing heat rising from the buildings near the highway 52 area. Everyone felt the sweltering heat that arrived in the area today as air temperature rose to there highest levels of the season so far making it into the upper 90s nearing 100.F. The cause of the hot weather is a very fast moving …
Very Hot Weather Expected on Wednesday…Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Watches Issued
A Excessive Heat Watch Remains In Effect From Thursday Morning Through Friday Morning for Buchanan, Delaware, Dubque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry IA, Des Moines, Van Buren, and Lee counties A Heat Advisory Remains In Effect From 1 PM To 8 PM CDT Wednesday for Emmet, …
Very Hot times ahead! Short lived extreame heat in plact by Wednesday upper 90 degree heat with heat index values well about 100.F
Regional Weather View. A potentially dangerous extreme heat wave will be the top of the news in the Upper Midwest for the middle part of this weak. Hot air that has been locked over Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri the past couple of days will be shoved northeastward engulfing Upper 90s to 100 degree heat into …
Preliminary Rainfall around the Area as of 9AM
Preliminary Rainfall around the Area as of 9:15AM Gathered from SchoolNet, ASOS, AWOS, COOP, and CoCoRaHS sites Highest Total: 2.80 at Tipton Leon – 1.32 Anamosa – 1.29 Cutshaw Bridge ST – 1.25 Rathbun Dam – 1.11 Marion – 0.88 Cedar Rapids – 0.81 Tripoli – 0.8 Allerton – 0.74 Mason City Airport- 0.72 Solon …
TROPICAL: “Debby” to make landfall as Hurricane later this week
It’s been a while since we last talked about the tropics. Well, since Iowa is generally quiet this week, let’s talk about Tropical Storm “Debby” that is currently centered in the Gulf of Mexico. “Debby” is currently roughly 200 Miles Southeast of the Mouth of the Mississippi, which is moving Northward at 6 MPH as …
Thunderstorm with Some Hail West of Indianola
…THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS… AT 405 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF INDIANOLA…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR… SPRING HILL BY 420 PM CDT… INDIANOLA BY 425 PM CDT… …
New Warning (Humboldt, Pocahontas, and Webster) until 6:30PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA… POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA… NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 538 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING …