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Rainfall Totals 9/15/2013

Have a report to send us? Visit reports.iowawx.com. Last Updated 2:26pm CDT These reports are from the local airports, roadway information systems, cooperative observers, and KCRG/KIMT schoolnet/stormnet sites across Iowa, and/or local storm reports from the National Weather Service, all courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Pella public 1.43 Fontanelle / Nodaway Valley schoolnet 1.07 Iowa …

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Much needed drought relief will be seen across the area as showers and thunderstorms move in tonight. Breif break Monday and Tuesday before turning quite active again for the middle of the week.

Regional Weather View For the first time in over a month, a weather system in the form of a low pressure will move East across the Region from Northwest Iowa to Wisconsin, this will spread widespread beneficial rains across most of the region, but especially across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. This will bring …

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Another heat wave brings September triple digit heat. Record highs broken and drought continuing to worsen.

Brown grass Downtown Cedar Rapids September 10th 2013 Another late season September heat wave has brought triple digit heat once again to the corn state, with the highest local temperature of 102.F at Vinton. A developing area of high pressure commonly called a heat bubble developed over the southwestern states on the heels of our …

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Heat and dry weather is back on track/continuing- Low to mid 90s next 5 days. Next descent chance of rain Tuesday-Wednesday next week with a cold front that will cool us down late week.

Regional Weather map Across the region a hot and humid airmass is back in place. A stationary front meandering northward and southward around the Minnesota/Iowa boarder will produce a broken up amount of days in the 90s north of that front, however south of the front will have a continues 4-5 day streak of 90s. …

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Extreame heat and developing drought- Triple digit highs seen across the area today-Record highs tied

Hot dry conditions August 27th 2013 Today was another hot humid day across the area. The triple digit 6th strait day in a row of 90s. however today the heat peaked at its highest level of this heat wave. Triple digit highs were seen any many officially stations across the area including Cedar Rapids and …