Tracking Weather Across the State
The radar image to the right from late this morning shows a building band of snow showers in southern Iowa that will makes its way across areas south of Interstate 80. The good news is these snow showers are rather light, no major accumulations are expected in any areas. But [...]
See all those colors to the north and west of Iowa? Those are winter weather advisories and warnings in effect today as a storm system moves through the Upper Midwest. The storm’s track is expected to keep Iowa out of most of the winter action, but there might still be [...]
Wednesday is the busiest travel day of the year. And in a bad case of timing, a winter storm is threatening to play a major role in many traveler’s plans. The graphic to the right shows the counties under a Winter Weather Advisory shaded in Blue. This is where there [...]
The best thing to say folks is, “it’s going to be a close one.” A strong storm system is expected to push through the Upper Midwest on Wednesday, bringing with it a rush of warm air and a good amount of moisture for this time of year. The troublesome aspect [...]
A powerful storm system that dropped temperatures across Iowa like a rock produced severe weather and at least one tornado in Illinois. The video to the left was captured in Loves Park, IL this afternoon. You can see it passing close to a residential area. WREX-TV reports damage in the [...]
With strong to severe thunderstorms now well into Illinois, the threat of severe weather in Iowa is over. Strong winds are signaling our shift to a much colder weather pattern for the next few days. We continue to monitor a storm system set to affect Iowa on Wednesday and Thanksgiving [...]
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is now in effect for portions of Des Moines and Lee County until 12:30 Monday Afternoon. The storm is capable of producing large hail, strong wind gusts in excess of 60mph and could produce a brief tornado. This is a dangerous situation especially because this is [...]
A strong cold front now passing through eastern Iowa has prompted, yes, a tornado watch until 6:00pm for portion of southeast Iowa. You can see in the graphic to the left the area under this tornado watch. I would not expect this watch to remain in effect for Iowa through [...]
There remains a lot of uncertainty in the forecast for the Thanksgiving holiday and the impact it might have on travel plans. The current thinking is the eastern half of Iowa is in the clear when it comes to ice and snow wreaking havoc. But for central and western Iowa [...]
Forecasters issued advisories for portions of northern and western Iowa this morning as freezing drizzle once again affects parts of the area. As you can see in the graphic to the left, icing is occurring on area roadways. Areas in purple are reported to be completely covered with ice. This [...]
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