The storms have weakened ever so slightly as they continue to move into west-central Iowa. Currently they are as far as western Carroll, Shelby and Pottawattamie Counties. They are drifting east around 10-15 mph. Anyone under these storms could recieve an inch of rain in a short amount of time. The rest of Iowa will …
New Warning (Crawford)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 601 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 645 PM CDT. * AT 556 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …
New Warning (Harrison, Monona)
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 555 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… SOUTHERN …
5:45 Update
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURT…NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES… AT 539 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE TWO SEVERE STORMS…ONE JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE SIOUX IOWA…AND ANOTHER 3 MILES WEST OF BLAIR. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 12 …
Mysterious Meteorologist (The Storms at Night)
These nocturnal storms for us (in Iowa) are usually part of a mesoscale convective complex or MCC. What are Mesoscale Convective Complexes? They are long lasting thunderstorm complexes that tend to dump a lot of rain usually in the Plains States (including Iowa). How do these form? They form from thunderstorm outbreaks usually on a …
Go West! The Churdan Tornado of 1969
On July 16, 1969, attention had been on Apollo 11’s launch toward an eventual landing on the moon, however that afternoon in the small town of Churdan in northern Greene County, there was more attention to the weather than the Apollo Mission. The day was very warm and humid, with temperatures near 90 and dew …
Slight Risk Tuesday
There is a slight risk for Severe Weather in the northern part of Iowa, mainly north of a line from Waukon to Missouri Valley. The further south you are the less of a chance of any thunderstorms occuring as the storms will be building off a stationary front located north of the state. The main …
Severe Weather chances update
Image from http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/ There are some changes from yesterday. There still is a chance of Severe Storms in the south, Large Hail Damaging winds are possible along with the chance for tornado’s, The best chance of seeing Severe storms will be south of a line from St Croix Falls to north of Clayton to Chetek. …
Severe Thunderstorm Warning List
A little delayed due to my flu, but here is the weekly Severe Thunderstorm Warning list with map. For NWS Offices that have their CWA’s (County Warning Areas) that include Iowa, they go as follows. Des Moines (8th), Omaha (13th), Quad Cities (T31st), Sioux Falls (43rd) and La Crosse (65th). A new Tornado Warning List …
Slight risk of Severe weather tomorrow
the SPC has a Slight risk of Severe Thunderstorms tomorrow for all of the 6 county area, At this point it looks like Large hail and Damaging wind gusts are possible with any severe storms that do turn severe. More on this tomorrow, Just something to watch. Other then that Another Hot day is forecast …