Drought Worsens + Possible Severe Weather on the Way
As drought conditions worsen across the state, there is the possibility of strong to severe storms on Friday afternoon/night.
Severe storms
Possible Severe Weather Thursday in Iowa
After the first batch of rainfall this morning, the day will heat up into the upper-80s, and storms are expected to redevelop and will have the potential to be severe. Damaging winds, large hail, and even tornadoes are a possibility.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has placed eastern Iowa at a 'Level 2' (Slight) risk of severe weather this afternoon.
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We Dodged a Big One
Eastern Iowa was spared from Severe Weather last night. Less than a half an inch of rain fell in our area, but to the South and West of us, they were hit with rain, hail, wind gust around 70mph, & tornados.
Across Nebraska, storms uprooted trees, pummeled homes, blew off roofs, shattered windshields and dented car hoods with baseball sized hail. Ov
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