Tracking Weather Across the State
Some minor changes to the current thinking for today. Showers are making their way across Iowa, but we expect new development this afternoon that could lead to a modest outbreak of severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has placed central and eastern Iowa under a slight risk for severe weather [...]
Early this morning a Severe Thunderstorm Watch that was in effect for northwest Iowa was cancelled. Strong storms stayed north of Iowa and later weakened. As a result the watch was cancelled before its original expiration time of 4:00am. Focus now shift to today’s wind threat as a frontal boundary [...]
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of northwest Iowa until 4:00am. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms is moving east out of the Dakotas and Nebraska tonight. These storms are capable of producing large hail, strong damaging wind gusts and [...]
Although storms have stayed largely north of Iowa this week, that should change on Friday as a cold front will push through the state, bringing with it the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms. Timing so far looks pretty good for storm to develop across central and eastern Iowa during [...]
Little has changed in Iowa’s risk for severe weather as we move into the afternoon hours, but there is a potential for a long night for those who live close to the Minnesota border. The Storm Prediction Center is maintaining its slight risk area for portions of northwest and north [...]
The folks at Iowa Environmental Mesonet put out a fascinating product this morning. In the graphic to the left you can see the 2010 rainfall percentile. The numbers represent the rainfall to date in dozens of areas and how they rank against all other years on record. A 92 means [...]
Once again, Minnesota and the Dakotas are the focus of today’s threat for severe weather. You can see in the graphic to the left the area the Storm Prediction Center is monitoring for severe weather. A portion of northern Iowa is affected by this slight risk, but the best chance [...]
Isolated showers and thunderstorms have managed to pop up in parts of northern Iowa. Although strong at times, there are no indications these storms are reaching severe limits. The image to the left was a radar image from southern Minnesota just after 4 this morning. Despite some development during the [...]
For now, we’ll focus on the beginning of this stretch of severe threats by focusing on today’s risk area. In Iowa that does not include a lot of real estate. The Storm Prediction Center has posted a slight risk for extreme northern and northwest Iowa. There is a very fine [...]
Below you will find out five day outlook for severe weather across Iowa. This is a very general graphic to give you a glimpse of the risk facing Iowa in the long term forecast. This is in addition to our detailed discussions that come when needed here on the site. [...]
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