Here are the final rainfall amounts from the area weather stations (ASOS, AWOS and School Net) from the 3 day rain event (Tuesday-Thursday)
Widely Scattered Showers
A few very small showers have formed this afternoon. They were located near Postville, NW of Mason City and in western Sioux County in NW Iowa. They are moving SE. Heavy rain is NOT anticipated with any of these small showers and flooding is not likely. Football games tonight are not expected to be impacted …
Cool Weekend ahead Patchy Frost is Possible Sunday Night.
Weathermap for Saturday Sunday and Monday. A Cool Weekend is ahead for us. Highs will only reach the low to mid 60s. Patchy Frost will be possible in some areas Sunday Night. First, Saturday we will be deal with scattered showers and cloudy conditions behind a low pressure to the east. Highs will only be …
Pictures of August 27th Flooding
Here is just a sampling of a few pictures from the Flash Flooding Event. More are at the link below. Cedar Rapids Gazette Article (Pictures at the bottom)
Football Forecast
Here is the forecast for High School Football on Friday night (Beginning next week this post will also include College Football as well) Kickoff: 68°(East) to 75°(West) Partly to Mostly Cloudy with a 20% chance of showers and Thunderstorms. Wind N/NW 6-12mph End of Game: 58° (East)-64° (West) Partly to Mostly Cloudy (Lingering Showers East) …
Flash Flood Warning (Des Moines and Lee)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 934 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURLINGTON… EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN …
Links to Numerous Pictures from the Flash Flooding Event
Here are a few links to the numerous pictures of the Flash Flooding Event that has taken place today across the eastern parts of the state. More will be added… KCRG-TV’s Younews KWWL Pictures
Incredible Increase in River Levels
Here is one of the rivers in eastern Iowa that is in flood at this time. This is from the Wapsipinicion River at Anamosa (the guage is on Shaw Road SE of town). The river this afternoon between 3-4pm rose over 2.5 feet. It is expected to crest tomorrow morning at 20 feet and then …
Flash Flood Warning (Louisa and Washington)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 631 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WAPELLO…COLUMBUS JUNCTION… EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… …
Flash Flood Warning (Muscatine and Scott)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 617 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUSCATINE… SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL …