There is a small slight risk of severe weather for today and tonight for the far western counties of the state right along the Missouri River. The main threat with any activity would likely be from large hail. There is also a slight risk of severe weather for Monday and Monday night for the southwestern …
Iowa Weather Report May 26th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-58ubxMVOY&w=480&h=360] REPEATED RAINS: There will be continued chances of showers and thunderstorms across the state through the rest of this weekend into next week. Severe weather is possible in an isolated fashion early on with it becoming more likely by Tuesday at the earliest. With the repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some heavy …
Parkersburg-New Hartford EF5 5 Years Later Part #3
The damage was done to the town of Parkersburg and the subdivision just north of New Hartford. Several other residents and farms between the two towns and on eastward into Black Hawk County were also damaged if not destroyed. The storm however wasn’t done producing tornadoes. As everyone begin to assess the situation in those …
Parkersburg-New Hartford EF5 5 years Later Part #2
The radar above showed the storm moving into southern Butler and northern Grundy Counties. The small red area east of Ackley was to be where the tornado would come out from. At 4:46pm, the NWS in Des Moines reissued the tornado warning specifically to Butler and Northern Grundy Counties BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO …
Parkersburg-New Hartford EF5 5 Years Later Part #1
A typical Memorial Day weekend was in the works across the state. It was a Sunday, many people were running around, graduation parties were taking shape, people were outside enjoying the warm weather that encompassed the state that day. Meanwhile the atmosphere was about to unleash a monster that would be the first catastrophic tornado …
Iowa Weather Report May 25th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVj100jxxk4&w=480&h=360] SOGGY WEEKEND: This couldn’t have come at a worse time, the first weekend of “summer” and rain will pelt the state off and on throughout the weekend into next week. It’s also going to feel more like Early-Mid April than late May with readings in the upper 50s to lower 70s across the …
Iowa Weather Report May 24th 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kgPyNKLTw&w=480&h=360] ROUNDS OF STORMS AHEAD: Today will be the last fully dry day for a while across the state with the next system approaching from the west. Sunshine will be plentiful across the state today with readings still several degrees below average with upper 60s to lower 70s possible. Storms will roll into the …
Iowa Weather Report May 23rd 2013
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICESD1pp73Y&w=480&h=360] MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: The next two days, Thursday and Friday will be filled with sunshine with a few passing clouds. Highs will be below seasonal averages for this time of year with 60s to lower 70s possible. The next storm system approaches from the west and stalls over the state through the Holiday …
Iowa Flooding Update May 22nd 2013
Minor Flooding Cedar River at Cedar Rapids until Sunday morning – Stage was 8.1/12′ – No Flooding/Rise to 13.3′ Saturday/Drop Sunday Cedar River at Janesville until Midnight Tonight – Stage was 13.9/13′ – Drop Below Flood Stage Tonight Cedar River at Vinton until Friday – Stage was 11.9/15 – No Flooding/Rise to 15.4′ Friday/Drop Friday …
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Major river flooding on the Upper Iowa River at Chester May 20th 2013 I have moved to Iowa, unfortunately I already have to start reporting weather. While I was offline moving to Iowa severe weather and flooding impacted Southeast Minnesota and Northeast Iowa from a slow moving low pressure system moving across the region. Sunday …