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Boone County now served by Fort Dodge Weather Radio Transmitter

From the National Weather Service Des Moines website: Boone county residents (especially residents in Northwest Boone county), may now tune their receivers to WXK-84 broadcasting from Fort Dodge. This broadcast will now provide severe weather Watches and Warnings for Boone county. WXK-84 at Fort Dodge broadcasts on 162.400 MHz. Boone county has been, and will …

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Extreame Heat returns to the area heading our way for Monday Highs approaching the upper 90s to 100.F Monday and Tuesday with heat index values around 110.F next 3 days. Tuesday is our next chance for rain.

Regional Weather View. Extreme heat which is becoming the fairly common wording in Upper Midwestern forecasts this summer is heading back to the region to end out this week and to start off next week. Record heat is possible with Highs approaching or hitting 100.F is expected to be widespread across South Dakota, Southern Minnesota, …

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Strong to Severe storms effect parts of the area. High Winds, Hail, Heavy Rains/minor flooding.

Rainfall Friday Morning- Rochester July 13th Strong to severe storms effected the area today. Hail, High winds and heavy rains causing flooding were all the main effects with these storms. The cause of the storms were from several boundries throughout the area. After things became unstable with afternoon sun the boundries were all that was needed …

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Plenty of sun. Very warm and dry week ahead turning hot in the 90s by midweek. No rain chances anytime soon.

Regional weather view. A very quiet week in the Upper Midwest as a high pressure system takes control of the weather, there will be very little chances for rain. Temperatures will start off near seasonable but they will increase a the week goes on and it likely turning hot by mid week, but not nearly …

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June 30th to July 6th Sigificant Heat Wave Report. Records broken with a very long streach of 90+ degree weather peaking out into triple digit numbers July 4th and Friday July 6th! Longest heat wave in years.

Image from Weather.com A significant and long lasting heat wave effected the area this week from June 30th through independence day to July 6th. The cause of the long stretch of hot weather was a large ridge of hot high pressure which pushed a huge very dry and extreamlly hot temperatures across the entire central …

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Update on the Heat…Excessive Heat Warnings to expire at either 10AM, 7AM, or 7PM

…Corrected Burn Bans headline for duplicate… …Corrected Burn Bans headline… Below is a summary of heat related Weather Alerts that remain in effect. Most counties will expire at 7PM tomorrow. We will also have an update on the drought soon. …Burn Ban in Effect for Butler, Clayton, Dubuque, Fayette, and Linn counties… Excessive Heat Warning …

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Dangerous long lived Heat Wave Expected All time highest records in jepordy with highs in the lower to middle 100s Heat Index Values between 110 and 115.F

Regional Weather View. The top story in the Upper Midwest continues to be an ongoing dangerous heat wave! A very stubborn high pressure seen south of where it is shown will continue to create a long live heat wave for the entire region. triple digits heat  is expected for the next few days for cities …