A line of thunderstorms is expected to begin developing across Nebraska and South Dakota within the next one to two hours and trek southeast into southern Minnesota and northwest Iowa in the late afternoon. Supercells embedded with this line will be capable of large hail to the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts …
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POLYGON Issuance #14 That was the Biggest One
ROUND TWO OF TENNESSEE FOLKS: This week’s guest is again from Tennessee and resides on the south side of Memphis in Southhaven, Mississippi. Trevor is 15 and runs the StormChaseTN.com social media pages and websites, while occasionally chases. We talked to Trevor about some of the memorable events that he has been through and which …
Today is Heat Awareness Day in Iowa
The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared June 5, 2014 as Heat Awareness Day in Iowa. Extreme heat is a seasonal hazard in Iowa which is often underestimated. Understanding heat safety is important and can save lives. Summertime in Iowa means two things: heat and humidity. These …
Record Daily Precipitation at Lamoni with 4th Highest Daily Precipitation Record Broken (5.27″)
The daily precipitation at Lamoni for Tuesday, June 3 was 5.27″. This sets a new record for the day, dating back to available precipitation records starting in 1946. This breaks the previous record of 0.80″ set in 2003. This is also the 4th highest daily precipitation on record since 1946.
Severe Weather and Tornado Outbreak Today; Moderate Risk of Severe Weather Posted
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted a moderate risk of severe weather over southern Iowa today. A trough that was near the California Coast yesterday will quickly eject eastward into the Upper Midwest overnight. A strong upper jet trigger alongside this trough with a stationary front from the Ohio Valley through the …
Severe Weather Outbreak Likely Tuesday; Moderate Risk of Severe Weather Posted
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms tomorrow over the majority of southern Iowa. A trough currently centered near California will eject itself eastward into the Plains tomorrow alongside a stationary front that will extend from Ohio to Nebraska. A boundary is expected to setup in southern …
Current garden issues winter die back
left over signs of the extreamlly harsh winter we just endured are still be see throughout central Iowa as many have noticed some trees, shrubs and perennials did not make it through the winter, this is especially true for roses and evergreens, even though the same plants have made it through all of the past …
North Iowa Band Festival Forecast
Here is a quick forecast for the last day of the North Iowa Band Festival in Mason City today. It will be mainly sunny through the day with some higher clouds during the late morning into the afternoon. Readings are expected to make it into the middle and upper 70s. There will be a light …
Spring growth update #8
This week we continued to make progress in our annual spring green up. This weeks in terms of weather was very wet, humid and warm with nearly 2″ of rainfall from thunderstorms early in the week. Temperatures were general in 70s and 80s and recently, 60s. After the 90 degree weather last week many of …
Iowa Weather Report May 14th 2014
COOL AND UNSETTLED: Cool temperatures and some showery weather are in the forecast along with some sunshine as well with highs in the 50s and lower to middle 60s today cooling into the 50s to near 60 on Thursday with a chance of showers here and there mainly in the afternoon hours during peak heating. …