Tracking Weather Across the State
It seemed like the severe weather wouldn’t stop across eastern Iowa today. Below we start with a massive panoramic shot. It’s of the leading edge of a building severe storm in Benton County south of Vinton. It’s a virtual 180 degree view. You can click on the photo for a [...]
In the wake of the sudden tornado touchdown in Maquoketa over the weekend, the image to the left might have you scratching your head. Two tornadoes were reported in central Iowa this afternoon, yet no warnings were issued. Well, there is a reason behind this and it’s called the landspout. [...]
Showers and thunderstorms are developing in northwest Iowa as Tuesday begins. This line is intensifying but at this moment is still below severe limits. We’ll monitor that line and if that changes we’ll launch our real-time blog to give you the latest. We’re also monitoring a large line of thunderstorms [...]
As I said yesterday, I want to apologize to those who regularly log onto this site for the lack of information during yesterday’s severe weather event. I was away all day and most of today because of personal events that I couldn’t get away from. I try to prevent this [...]
Click on the box below to follow our live chat throughout the night as strong storms move into Iowa. June 4th Severe Weather Coverage
As storms continue to develop over the southern half of Iowa tonight, several storms are “training” over the same area, especially in parts of southwestern and south central Iowa. The Storm Prediction Center is warning that several inches of rain could fall over the next few hours. Already the heavy [...]
What a difference LITERALLY two days can make. Take a look at the graphic to the left. It shows the total number of severe weather reports in Iowa during the entire month of May. Green dots indicate hail reports, blue dots show wind reports. You’ll note there are no red [...]
Click on the Cover It Live box below to follow our live chat during tonight’s storms. June 3-4th, 2010 Overnight Storms
The National Weather Service in Des Moines traveled to Ringgold County Wednesday to look over some damage from a suspected tornado. Their survey confirmed an EF-2 tornado touched down north of Mount Ayr in a rural part of the county. Taking a look at the survey map to the left, [...]
After trying to get ahead of a tornado producing storm, I made it out towards the leading edge. I could tell by the clouds that the energy was shifting to the front of the storm. Once I got east of the cell, that prediction was confirmed. As the storm began [...]
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