A few very widely scattered showers and thunderstorms were in Iowa. One was near Clinton in eastern Iowa moving into Illinois. A few other showers were in the northern part of the state from Algona to Northwood. Some severe thunderstorms have developed to the north of the state. One storm in particular SW of Marshall …
Slight Risk Wednesday
There is a slight risk for severe weather for the rest of the day for areas mainly west of a line from Algona to Guthrie Center to Omaha. The main threats would be large hail and damaging winds. These storms will likely begin to dissipate as the sun sets so the storm chances will wain …
Rain,Rain don’t go away!
rain drops hanging off of a Bald Cypress August 12Th. many places got some much needed rain today, as an area of light to moderate rain showers pushed though. It was even heavy in some places. most people got around 0.10 of rain, but some communities got more. Amery picked up a good 0.84″ of …
Pictures of the Clare Tornado from Saturday
There is MANY pictures of the Clare Tornado from Saturday August 8th. The Tornado looking east Same tornado looking west Other Clare Tornado Picture Files
Evening across Iowa
At 5:30pm there were some isolated thunderstorms in the state. One was located between Dakota City and Pocahontas, another was located in northern Plymouth County in NW Iowa. These storms were moving SSE at about 25 mph. These storms will have the tendency of building up and dying down through sunset. Other storms may develop, …
Iowa State Fair Wednesday August 13th
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines for Wednesday August 13th. NWS Mostly Sunny High 85° WX Underground Partly Cloudy High 83° KCCI-TV Mostly Sunny High 83° WHO-TV Partly Cloudy High 84° WOI-TV Partly Cloudy High 84° Weather Channel Partly Cloudy High 85° AccuWeather Partly Cloudy High 88° Iowa WX …
At Midday
There is a line of light to moderate rain extending across the state north to south mainly along the US 63 corridor. This line is moving east at 20-25 mph. Rainfall amounts from this line will generally be under 1/2 inch but some places could get as much as 3/4 of an inch of rain. …
Chance for some much needed rain, and Severe Thunderstorms? A part of our land is up for sale
image from http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/ There is a chance of some very much needed rain for the area early tomorrow, and throughout the day, this rain will come in the form of Showers and Thunderstorms, it will come with a passing system and cool front, and because of this some of the storms may become severe. There …
Iowa State Fair Tuesday August 12th
Here is the forecast for the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines for Tuesday August 12th. NWS: 40% Chance of Thunderstorms otherwise partly cloudy High 80° WX Underground: 40% Chance of Thunderstorms High 79° KCCI-TV: Chance of Thunderstorms High 80° WHO-TV: Chance of Thunderstorms High 80° Weather Channel: AM Thunderstorms High 80° AccuWeather: Chance of …
Severe Thunderstorm Warning List
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning List has been updated. As of Sunday evening, there had been 24,135 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued in the United States. For NWS Offices that include Iowa, Des Moines still leads the pack with 495 warnings (tied for 6th), Omaha has 412 warnings (14th), Quad Cities has 277 warnings (28th), Sioux Falls …