Tracking Weather Across the State
It’s drawing close to midnight and I’m sitting at home finally getting my bearings on what happened over the last 12 hours. We managed to get some quality video of a strong thunderstorm complex. We didn’t see tornadoes, although there are numerous reports of twisters in the exact areas that [...]
Below is our live coverage of today’s severe weather threat across parts of Iowa. I am currently on the road storm chasing so please forgive me if I don’t respond to your questions right away. We’ve established some twitter feeds in an effort to keep the most important information in [...]
With plenty of consistency in the forecast models, the outlook for severe weather today has been pretty constant. This morning is no different as we enter the final hours before the beginning of this event. As you can see in the graphic to the right, the Storm Prediction Center has [...]
It almost sounds like something we would see in the later summer months. But this is March and it’s happening. The Storm Prediction Center is monitoring portions of northwest Iowa for a possible Severe Thunderstorm Watch. This is an area where thunderstorms may develop tonight capable of producing large hail. [...]
A threat of severe weather never materialized on Sunday. A strong atmospheric cap never weakened, as a result, thunderstorms did not get going until well after sunset. Those storms only produced small hail for a brief time in extreme southeast Iowa. Tonight a similar scenario is taking shape but in [...]
A good amount of sun, warmth and instability is producing conditions favorable for severe thunderstorm development across parts of Iowa today. You can see in the graphic to the right the areas currently being considered for a severe weather watch. Storms are expected to develop later this afternoon and evening [...]
With ongoing consistencies in the forecast models, the Storm Prediction Center continues to remain confident in the threat of a widespread severe weather event across the state of Iowa on Tuesday. This threat will include all modes of severe weather. This could be the first day for local storm chasers [...]
March may have come in like a lamb, but the official start of spring will come in roaring like a lion here in Iowa. Several chances for strong storms begin today as the state enters a very active stretch of weather activity. Let’s begin with today. Thunderstorms developing during the [...]
Well that didn’t take long at all. As we continue our way through the second half of March, Iowa faces multiple rounds of storms that could produce severe weather. Before we get into the specifics I want to stress there is a lot of uncertainty in the forecast but there [...]
As we wrap up our series of reports this week, I wanted to take a moment to tell you what’s coming in the near future for weather forecasting and storm tracking. Without getting into the details, scientists continue to work on and improve the computers and the algorithms they use [...]
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