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TORNADO WARNING for Jackson County, MN until 4:30PM

TORNADO WARNING MNC063-212130- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0008.120421T2100Z-120421T2130Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 400 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA… * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 400 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER …

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Frost and Freeze Saturday Morning

The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory effective from 3am until 8am Saturday morning for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington, Mercer IL and Rock Island IL. There is also a Frost Advisory from 1am until 8am for Allamakee, Clayton, …

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Benefical Rains yesterday! 1+ inch amounts in some areas, with some nearing 2″!

Photo of the steady rain that occurred April 20th 2012 A storms system with a stationary front in Iowa caused a huge area of rain to develop across Southern Minnesota yesterday. This spread steady beneficial rains across the entire local area! The rain started around 11AM in many place, an increasingly got heavier as the …

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Spring Growth Update # 5 Lilacs in full bloom in Early/Mid April!

Lilacs in full bloom April 18th 2012 There you have it Lilacs in Mid April! The Lilacs actually started bloom on the 9th of the month before that big cold snap arrived. I was stunned to see that most plants were fine and were not harmed despite us getting a freeze 3 nights in a …

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This Week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota! Tomorrow: Tornado awareness and Tornado Drill.

This week is Severe Weather Awareness week in Minnesota! People should take this time to learn more about tornadoes and the warning system that defends most communities against it. Tomorrow is focused on tornado awareness! It is a fact that severe weather hits Southern Minnesota annually, and it is likely that at least somewhere in …

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Changible temps from warm to cool with Much needed rainfall arriving over the course of the next few days. Wednesday looks while with Tstorms while Thursdays looks chilly and quite wet with snow flurrly potienal. Then much drier and nice for weekend.

Regional weather view. Quite an active and changeable pattern set up for the region to end this week. A series of weather systems passing through Minnesota and Wisconsin will bring mutiple rain threats over the next few days. Most of the rain will be in Northern Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. North of the passing systems …