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Plenty of What Ifs Before Friday’s Storms
All day Thursday during our live chat coverage of yesterday’s severe weather outbreak I had a lot of people ask me about Friday’s threat for severe weather. Unfortunately my answer hasn’t changed and the Storm Prediction Center has little to add to it. A broad slight risk is posted for [...]
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Outbreaks Could Mark End to the Week
Before things get jumping here in Iowa this afternoon, I want to briefly touch on the threat facing the eastern half of the state on Friday. The Storm Prediction Center has posted a large slight risk again for tomorrow. This threat area remains in doubt because a lot depends on [...]
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11:30AM UPDATE: NW Iowa Faces Tornado Outbreak
Taking a look at the changes to the severe weather outlook, not much has changed in the general sense. In the image to the left you can see a moderate risk remains posted for most of Iowa today. Developing thunderstorms in western Iowa later this afternoon are expected to quickly [...]
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Severe Weather Outbreak Possible Today
Been a while since we’ve seen this. The graphic to the left shows the risk for today. A large area of Iowa and the rest of the Upper Midwest is under a moderate risk for severe weather. A rather juicy atmosphere will interact with a storm system moving in from [...]
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Severe Weather Returns Thursday & Friday
Iowans are no strangers to thunderstorms after numerous rounds of storm systems that produced heavy rain, but little or no severe weather. That’s about to change as a stronger storm system makes its way into Iowa beginning tomorrow. You can see in the graphic to the left that a slight [...]
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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
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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No Warnings? Yet Tornadoes Reported? How?
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. [...]
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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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