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WXTEST: Severe Weather Awareness Week 2012; Includes Tornado Drill

Written by the National Weather Service Severe Weather Awareness Week — April 2-6, 2012 The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared the week of April 2nd through April 6th,  2012 Severe Weather Awareness Week.   Severe Weather Awareness Week is an annual event to remind Iowans that severe …

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This year was the warmest March ever for the local area and most of Minnesota & beyond!

A rare early April sight. Blooming Tulips from Mayo Clinic Courtyard April 1st 2012. Is this really a surprise? It’s Official and safe to say this March was the warmest ever in the local area! Its quite more complicated then that becuase goes further then that, it is also going down as the warmest march …

Severe Weather

New Warning (Mercer IL and Rock Island IL) until 1:30am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1226 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS… MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS… SOUTH CENTRAL ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN …

Severe Weather

New Warning (Dubuque, Jackson and Jo Daviess IL) until 12:45am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1151 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA… NORTHWESTERN JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN …