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June 21st bow echo, severe winds, hail and flooding. Minor wind damage and 1.00″ hail seen at my location

Radar shot as storms moved thorough North Iowa June 21st 2013 A line of severe thunderstorms commonly called a now echo impacted the entire area early this morning and brought widespread strong winds, isolated spots of hail and torrential downpours and flash flooding across the local area. Thunderstorms first developed in South Dakota late Thursday …

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June 12th Severe Weather Report. Damaging Winds and large hail reported locally

Video of strong winds from a storm in New Hampton,IA June 12th. Some residents of the area are dealing with damage from a round of severe thunderstorms that developed yesterday afternoon evening both in Southern Minnesota and across North Iowa. The cause of the severe weather was an usually strong low pressure system and stationary …

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Portions of the PDS Tornado Watch extended, others expired

The National Weather Service has extended the Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch until 11pm for Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Grundy, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott, and Tama counties. Storms are expected to continue to roll across the area overnight. The Damaging Wind threat will begin to transition to a …

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WXALERT: TORNADO WATCH Likely (95%) within the next couple of hours

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma says that it is currently coordinating with local weather forecasting offices to issue a TORNADO WATCH for a large portion of Iowa. Storms are expected to develop within the next couple of hours, with damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes all possible within the watch area. Stay tuned …

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MODERATE Risk of Severe Thunderstorms today across Extreme East Central Iowa, Elevated Risk elsewhere

  The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted a moderate risk for severe weather for extreme east central Iowa today with an elevated risk elsewhere. An upper trough is expected to move into Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois along with a low pressure center and trailing cold front by late evening. Early in the …

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WXALERT: MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted a MODERATE risk for severe weather for portions of Northwestern Iowa for later tonight with an elevated risk beside it. An approaching upper trough moving into the area, combined with modest daytime heating and low level moisture will likely create an unstable atmosphere, supporting strong to …

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First 160 Days of 2013 Compared to All of 2012 for Precipitation

…2013 TO JUNE 9 VERSUS 2012 PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE NWS DES MOINES FORECAST AREA… THE FOLLOWING ARE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR THE FIRST 160 DAYS…OR THROUGH JUNE 9 2013…COMPARED WITH PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR ALL OF 2012. THESE VALUES WERE MEASURED BY NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND AUTOMATED SYSTEMS. ALL OF THE MEASUREMENTS BELOW ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL. IOWA LOCATION (COUNTY): 2013 …