Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Image from the SPC There is a small risk of Severe Thunderstorms This afternoon, Storms are forming near a cool front with the heat of the day. a few storms this afternoon could be strong or severe with large hail and strong wind gusts. The best chance for Severe weather this afternoon will be in …
Weathermap for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Well We will be having much warmer temperatures around here compared to last week, Highs will reach the 80s for the first time this June. Which is much more june-like. Low temperatures will start off in the 50s, but they will start to approach the 60s by Monday Night. …
After a prolonged rain event throughout the night into the morning (in which rain continued developing repeatedly), The rain is finally making its way out of the state. All the rain should be gone by mid-morning. In its wake, rainfall amounts were varied, with some locations recieving over an inch, some estimates have close to …
Recovery has been slow and long in the year since the flood water receded. Numerous houses are being bulldozed and many residents are waiting for buyouts. Damage has been estimated over 1 Billion Dollars in Iowa, making it one of the worst disasters in the United States. Many businesses have reopened in the flood damaged …
A batch of light to moderate rain is moving across the state late this afternoon. Rainfall amounts will generally be under a half inch with some heavier amounts possible. The rain will move out later tonight and early tomorrow morning. The weekend will be dry.
The latest drought monitor shows that it’s becoming abnormally dry across the western part of the state. These areas as was mentioned a week or so ago are about 3-4 inches down on rainfall for the year. Some rain is forecast in the next week which may allievate any further drought from developing in this …
The rivers are embeded in memory, Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Iowa, Des Moines, Mississippi, Turkey, Upper Iowa. They are along with many others were the ones that flooded to in some cases unbelieveable records. For only the second time ever, the Coralville Reservoir went over the emergency dam, (the other time was 1993) and crested just over …
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 200 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA… LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA… THIS …
No words can describe what occurred across the state of Iowa a year ago. Rivers were cresting or within a week of cresting (some at record levels) across the state. At Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River crested 11 feet above the previous record (31.2 feet) on June 13th. The river flowed into neighborhoods that thought …
Clearwing Humming Moth on a Voila flower. I first seen this Bee like creature last year, Which I found out today is a Clearwing Hummingbird moth I was amazed because I had never seen anything like this before. This morning, I was surprised to see that it is back this year, so I grabbed the …