All of Iowa

7pm Update

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 …

Severe Weather

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 …

Severe Weather

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

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 …