Tracking Weather Across the State
A storm chaser posted this video of a tornado near Indianola last night south of Des Moines. The National Weather Service is surveying the damage caused by this tornado right now and we will bring you information its intensity later this afternoon. For now go to YouTube and check out [...]
The dam at Lake Delhi has NOT broken. But emergency management officials are warning that could happen at any time. A breach of the dam is imminent and more water is seeping below the dam. It would take water from a breached dam about an hour to reach the town [...]
The National Weather Service is urging people in Delaware and Jones County along or near the Maquoketa River to prepare for the worst this morning. They are preparing for the imminent failure of the Hartwick Lake Dam. At last report the earthen berm next to the dam is sagging and [...]
Here’s piece of video and some images of the intense cloud to ground lightning in SW Cedar Rapids on Friday, July 23rd, 2010. July 23rd, 2010 Lightning VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL
After calling off yesterday’s chase, I wound up in my hometown of Strawberry Point. I considered staying with a friend but decided to try and drive through the storm to get south of it and enjoy a night in my own bed in Cedar Rapids. Although the first 30 minutes [...]
There are signs that the cap over Iowa this afternoon is breaking in western and central Iowa, along with parts of Nebraska. Therefore, the Storm Prediction Center is considering issuing a watch for this area. You can see the area they’re keeping an eye on highlighted in the graphic to [...]
We are out in the field today monitoring the situation this afternoon and evening across northern Iowa. To see our live updates from the field, click on the box below. Because we are chasing we will not be able to update you with the latest watches and warnings, you will [...]
The National Weather Service is monitoring conditions in northeast Iowa this afternoon. This is the area they’re considering a watch for showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front. These storms are no producing any severe weather in Iowa right now, but if they intensify, all modes of severe [...]
Funnel captured in Boone County, IL on Monday, July 12, 2010 Take a look at this video from northern Illinois. Showers and thunderstorms that developed there this afternoon didn’t look too strong, but they had a lot of atmospheric support. The nearly stationary storms produced numerous funnel clouds and a [...]
The first hurricane in the Atlantic this year has made landfall approximately 100 miles south of the Texas border with Mexico. Hurricane Alex has sustained winds of around 100mph making it a Category 2 hurricane. The image to the left is from the Brownsville, Texas NEXRAD radar. You can see [...]
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