• Another Stormy Wake Up Call?

    Another Stormy Wake Up Call?

    Western Iowa will once again have to contend with early morning showers and thunderstorms.  A complex of severe thunderstorms in western Nebraska and South Dakota is beginning to form a strong bowing line and starting to accelerate towards the east.  This could bring a wind and hail threat to western [...]

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  • LOOKING AHEAD: More of the Same

    LOOKING AHEAD: More of the Same

    Don’t expect any changes in the weather pattern anytime soon.  Severe weather could impact parts of western and central Iowa late tonight and into Friday morning.  That could very well happen again on Friday but the timing might be a little different. As we said before, a slight risk remains [...]

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  • Morning Storms Pack Little Punch, Round 2 Tonight

    Morning Storms Pack Little Punch, Round 2 Tonight

    Although a Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued this morning, the atmosphere proved to be little help for storms trying to roll through Iowa.  With a lack of instability, the showers and thunderstorms just haven’t been able to reach severe limits. So out attention turns to this evening and early Friday [...]

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  • 12:00PM UPDATE: Storms Expected to Return Tonight

    12:00PM UPDATE: Storms Expected to Return Tonight

    Little change in the going forecast after the Storm Prediction Center updated its severe weather outlook for today.  A slight risk remains in effect for the southern half of Iowa.  The primary threat in Iowa tonight is thunderstorms producing strong, damaging winds as a frontal boundary moves into the state [...]

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  • Morning Rain Might Give Way to Severe Weather

    Morning Rain Might Give Way to Severe Weather

    The storms that barreled through Nebraska last night likely woke a few people up in western Iowa.  Showers and thunderstorms developed across the state early this morning.  No severe weather, but a few rumbles of thunder in some places. All this rain will eventually move out and it’s expected the [...]

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  • All Night Wind Event Could Affect Iowa

    All Night Wind Event Could Affect Iowa

    As expected, storms developed in western parts of Nebraska and Colorado tonight.  The strong storms are currently in the shape of a large bowing line of thunderstorms.  With the threat of a derecho, the Storm Prediction Center has posted a large Thunderstorm Watch for a large area of Nebraska until [...]

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  • More Stormy Nights Ahead

    More Stormy Nights Ahead

    Seems like a broken record, but that’s what happens when the weather pattern just doesn’t want to change.  More late night showers and thunderstorms are expected across Iowa tonight. Supercells capable of producing tornadoes are expected to develop over Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska later today.  Most of that is not [...]

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  • Narrow Area Threatened Again Today

    Narrow Area Threatened Again Today

    It’s the same old story with a persistent stationary front draped across southern Iowa today. The same area under the gun yesterday will face another threat for severe weather today and tonight.  The Storm Prediction Center has posted a moderate risk for severe weather today for a narrow corridor where [...]

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  • Complicated End to Week with Ongoing Stormy Pattern

    Complicated End to Week with Ongoing Stormy Pattern

    If you simply looked at today’s severe weather outlook you would think the chances of a storm chase look promising.  But looks can be deceiving. A frontal boundary is expected to hang itself up somewhere in southern Iowa tonight.  That’s supposed to be the focal point for shower and thunderstorm [...]

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  • WXUPDATE: Minimal Severe Weather Expected Tonight

    WXUPDATE: Minimal Severe Weather Expected Tonight

    The Storm Prediction Center issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of eastern Nebraska and South Dakota.  At this hour they do not think they’ll have to do the same for western Iowa.  Ongoing storms in Nebraska and South Dakota are not expected to maintain their intensity as they push [...]

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