A few counties have been trimmed out of the watch box across the western and northern counties of the state. There are still some strong to at times severe thunderstorms moving through the eastern counties of the state at this time. A general weakening trend is noted with these storms, however they may still produce …
10pm Update April 12th
Storms have started to weaken across the state as the storms have moved to the east. There are still a few severe thunderstorm warnings in effect. Some of the storms are still capable of producing some hail up to or over quarter size and winds over 60mph. As the night progresses, the storms are going …
9pm Update April 12th
Numerous storms are moving across the state at this time. Several storms are producing hail over quarter sized and winds greater than 60mph. If any of these storms approach your area, seek shelter in a sturdy structure until the storm passes. Several of these storms have dumped enough hail to completely cover the ground and …
6:30pm April 12th Update
We continue with storms across the central into northeastern Iowa and now just within the last half hour or so, new storms have fired along the Missouri River in southwest Iowa SSE of Omaha. These storms are moving northeast at around 30-35mph. These storms like all the others we’ve seen this afternoon could be capable …
Early Evening Update April 12th
Heading into this evening, we still have one lone severe storm remaining over the central counties of the state at this time. This storm is ENE of Iowa Falls moving ENE at around 30-35mph. This storm could produce quarter size hail and winds over 60mph. Other storms in northeast Iowa are under severe weather limits …
Afternoon Update April 12th
Thunderstorms have fired along the cold front across the northern and northeastern counties of the state. Some of the storms have dropped hail over quarter sized. These cells are along a line from New Hampton to Harpers Ferry to just north of Wisconsin Dells. These storms are moving ENE at around 30-35mph. There will likely …
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Northern and Central Iowa until 10:00 PM Tonight
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Adair, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Howard, Humboldt, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Madison, …
WXALERT: Severe Thunderstorm Watch likely within next couple of hours
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted Mesoscale Discussion #324, highlighting expected severe weather potential across the state this evening and that a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is likely to be issued within the next couple of hours as storms rapidly develop. Any supercells that form tonight will initially have a very large hail …
Severe Weather Threat Later Today – Very Large Hail Possible
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has posted an elevated risk for severe weather over most of Iowa today. The scattered showers and thunderstorms have moved out of our area allowing things to heat up quickly with temperatures in the 70s and dew points in the mid to upper 50s across the state. We …
Severe weather risk today
Image from storm prediction center The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for severe weather for southern and eastern Iowa today and tonight. This includes everywhere southeast of a line roughly from Stuart to Ames, this includes Des Moines. The best chance of severe weather will be after 5pm mainly, and it will …