Tracking Weather Across the State
The first hurricane in the Atlantic this year has made landfall approximately 100 miles south of the Texas border with Mexico. Hurricane Alex has sustained winds of around 100mph making it a Category 2 hurricane. The image to the left is from the Brownsville, Texas NEXRAD radar. You can see [...]
This stretch of dry weather has been a welcome sight to those trying to get out an enjoy the Iowa summer. But that might come to an end at a very inopportune time for many area communities. The next storm system forecast to affect Iowa should enter the state by [...]
The Army Corps of Engineers will release water over the spillway at Saylorville Lake. That was supposed to happen at 6:00pm tonight, but engineers are holding off to give the city of Des Moines more time to prepare for the water. The good news is dry weather this week has [...]
With portions of Highways 30 and 5 now closed, emergency officials are preparing for the worst. The good news is the latest forecasts in central Iowa show although flooding is a concern, it should stay below what Des Moines experienced in 1993 and 2008. The Army Corps of Engineers projects [...]
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls completed its survey of the tornado damage in northwest Iowa that occurred on Friday Night. One tornado was rated an EF-4 on the Fujita scale. Read our previous post for more on the scale and the rarity of a tornado like this. The [...]
After all the rain and rounds of storms over the last couple of weeks, it’s time for some real summer time weather to set it. Warm and dry conditions will persist for most if not all of the coming week across Iowa. This is very welcomed news as area rivers, [...]
After their first survey of tornado damage in far northern Iowa, the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls ranked the tornado that cause serious damage in Sibley, IA an EF-4. That’s the second highest level on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The supercell first developed in Western Nobles County, Minnesota before [...]
Take a look at the pictures below from Justin Scott. He snapped these last night along Airline Highway in Waterloo looking north as the leading edge of the storms moved in. Thanks Justin for sharing these pictures with us!
Although most of Iowa experienced strong winds from last night’s storms, portions of northwest Iowa were struck by tornadoes. People near Little Rock, Sibley and Paulina are picking up the pieces after suspected tornadoes damaged homes, farms and other buildings causing gas leaks, downing power poles. The Red Cross is [...]
A strong line of severe thunderstorms developed as expected north of Iowa this evening, quickly turning into a southward moving bow line that brought strong, damaging winds to many parts of the state. In preparation for a wedding I’ll be in tomorrow, we ran right into the east side of [...]
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