The current rain event not related to Hurricane Ike will move out late Saturday only to be replaced by the remnants of Hurricane Ike Sunday. This storm will take a track similiar to Gustav from almost two weeks ago. The likely heavy rain will be SE of the state but like with Gustav, rain will …
6:45pm Update
The rain shield has moved north to the IA Hwy 3 corridor. The rain shield is east of a Sac City to Malvern line. The rain should miss NW Iowa. The heaviest rain is still south of Interstate 80 and continues moving north. Rain will effect most high school football games tonight. As for the …
4pm Update
The Rain shield has moved to the US Hwy 20 Corridor with the heaviest rain falling SW of Des Moines. The rain is continuing its march northward and will cover most if not all of the state by 6pm. Flash Flood and Flood Watches continue in the SE 1/2 of Iowa through Saturday midday. Rainfall …
River Flood Warnings
Here are the latest River flood warnings across the state. There’s most likely going to be more as the night goes. * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOUTH FORK CHARITON RIVER AT PROMISE CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE…OR THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 11:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS …
Rain’s Northward March
At 2pm, the shield of light to moderate rain was located roughly along and south of US Hwy 30. This will continue moving northward through the rest of the afternoon. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect from 7pm tonight until 1pm Saturday for the following counties, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, …
At the Crack of Dawn
The rain is mainly south of US Hwy 34 this morning, with a few isolated showers or sprinkles elsewhere. The rain should stay mainly south of US Hwy 34 for most of the day before moving back north late this afternoon and overspreading the area this evening into Saturday. It will be a sloppy field …
9:30pm Update
A decaying complex of rain and storms was moving slowly eastward from Oxford Junction in Jones County to just north of Wellman. This is what led the weather service in the Quad Cities to issue a Special Weather statement (see post below). A larger complex of showers and isolated thunderstorms was moving into central Iowa …
The Heavy Rain won’t wait for Ike
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 859 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 IAZ052-063-064-076-077-120345- LINN IA-IOWA IA-JOHNSON IA-WASHINGTON IA-KEOKUK IA- 859 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 …REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS… THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY AND NORTHERN KEOKUK COUNTY…PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL …
Ike Notes
Below are links to the GFDL and HWRF Models 18Z run for Sunday at 1pm CDT. Note the difference between the models. GFDL Model at 1pm Sunday HWRF Model at 1pm Sunday The GFDL which has been having Ike move more swiftly has the center NNE of St Louis, (in a similiar position to Gustav), …
Heavy Rain Likely
This is the 5 day projected rainfall through Tuesday evening at 7pm. Most of this rain will fall through Sunday. Ike’s moisture will overrun a front that will be stalled just to the south, whereas Ike will stay south of the state, in a similiar path to Gustav. Amounts over 3 inches is likely south …