Tracking Weather Across the State
As it stands now, it appears likely the upper Midwest will see a threat of severe weather every day this weekend. Today’s threat will be well west of eastern Iowa. Saturday’s threat appears to be primarily for western portions of the state. The main threat now for eastern Iowa is [...]
A long shot for a chase on Saturday, with the main event for eastern Iowa on Sunday. There are a number of questions surrounding this threat. The biggest of which is the warm front that will set up shop somewhere in Iowa on Saturday. Of secondary concern is a [...]
Well, here we go again. The Storm Prediction Center has again outlined a good portion of Iowa in a risk for severe weather on Saturday. We don’t have to think too far back to remember the last time this happened and failed to materialize. In this case, we’ll see what [...]
The severe threat really did not come together much at all. At least not north of the Missouri-Iowa border. A rapidly developing line of thunderstorms developed just south of Iowa and slowly crept northwards. The east-west setup of the line bode well for extremely heavy rain. The main concern for [...]
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the southern half of eastern Iowa. The Watch is in effect until 11pm tonight. Main threats appear to be strong winds and large hail. The following is the text from the Storm Prediction Center. REMEMBER…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS [...]
From my home in Cedar Rapids, was treated to a rather pretty light show as strong storms north of the metro passed by. 1” hail was reported in northern Benton County Sunday Night as one storm briefly reached severe limits. Now onto tonight. The severe threat is marginally higher however [...]
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