Montgomery IA-Mills IA-Pottawattamie IA-
843 AM CDT Sun Sep 22 2019
…A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY…NORTHERN MILLS AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES...
At 839 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated flooding across the warned area. Radar estimates of one and one-half to three inches of rain occurred during the overnight hours. Additional rainfall of one-half
to three-quarters of an inch is possible.
Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Oakland, Treynor, Underwood, Carson,
Walnut, Pacific Junction, Elliott, Macedonia, Crescent, Silver City,
Hancock, Henderson, Hastings, McClelland, Grant, Old Town Park, Lake
Manawa State Park and Farm Creek Public Wildlife Area.
Additional rainfall amounts of one-half to three-quarters on an inch is possible.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely.
A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. All interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately.
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Flood Warning for Small Streams in…
Northern Montgomery County in southwestern Iowa…
Northern Mills County in southwestern Iowa…
Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa…
* Until 1230 PM CDT.
* At 634 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain that will cause flooding. Radar estimates of two to three inches of rain have fallen.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Oakland, Treynor, Underwood, Carson,
Walnut, Pacific Junction, Elliott, Macedonia, Crescent, Silver
City, Hancock, Henderson, Hastings, McClelland, Grant, Old Town
Park, Lake Manawa State Park and Farm Creek Public Wildlife Area.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to one and one-half inches are possible in the warned area.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 35 and 50, and near mile marker 56.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 3 and 20.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you can do so safely.
A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. All interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately.
Today: Periods of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. High near 68. North northwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Light and variable wind.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 3 to 5 mph.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 77. We received 1.06″ of rain from 7-a.m. Saturday thru 7-a.m. today (Sunday). Our Low this morning was 64. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 71, and the Low was 40. The Record High on this date was 98 in 1937. The Record Low was 27, in 1974 & 1995.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, September 21, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 15-25. High 82.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms. NW @ 10. Low 59.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Morning showers. Windy and cooler. NW @ 15-25. High 68.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 78.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 84.
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416 AM CDT Fri Sep 20 2019
…The Flood Warning continues until further notice for the Missouri River at or near..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Do not drive cars through areas where water covers the road. The water depth may be too great to allow your vehicle to pass safely. Turn around…don`t drown! For the latest on the river water levels, go to https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=dmx&wwa=flood%20warning
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Partly cloudy, warm & humid w/isolated afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High 85. S @ 10-15.
Tonight: Scattered shwrs & tstrms ending this evening. P/Cldy. Low 68. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 82. S @ 10-20.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy & cooler, w/scatt. Showers ending in the morning. High 72.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 78.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 88. We received .23” rain. Our Low this morning 663. Last year on this date our High was 92 and the Low was 57. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1891. The Record Low was 28 in 1901 & 1962.
(Radio Iowa) — National Weather Service forecasters are recalculating the crest of the Missouri River in the Council Bluffs area due to early morning rains. Meteorologist Taylor Nicolaisen at the National Weather Service office across the river in Valley, Nebraska says as much as four inches of rain fell on the north side of Omaha during this morning’s storm. Three-and-a-half inches was reported in Crescent, Iowa. “It will bump up the river marginally, at a minimum, here with the crest that was already forecast,” Nicolaisen says.
The Missouri River crest is starting today in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro. Heavy rain has been reported in NORTHEAST Iowa and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood WARNING that includes the city of Dubuque. Forecasters warn hail is possible in the storms striking in eastern Iowa. The storm that hit in parts of WESTERN Iowa early this (Tuesday) also produced a lot of lightning around 6 a.m. In a 50-mile radius of Omaha, the National Weather Service recorded 100 cloud-to-ground strikes every five minutes. “Very loud thunder, obviously quite a bit of trouble. That was waking people up and we had to send alerts out on phones and that was waking people up as well,” Nicolaisen says, “so a lot of people rubbing their eyes early this morning.”
A flash flood WATCH that was in effect for a large swath of Iowa stretching from Council Bluffs to Decorah and the northeast tip of the state was cancelled at 10-a.m. for all but Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery and Fremont Counties. The WATCH is set to expire at 1-p.m. A Flood Warning is in effect until 3:30-p.m. for Monona, northwestern Pottawattamie and Harrison Counties.
Nicolaisen says there’s a lot of moisture in high levels of the atmosphere. “The atmosphere is absolutely juicy,” he says. “…That’s going to be kind of the trend here. We’re going to at least be capable of heavy rain of and on here in the next few weeks.” Nicolaisen warns there’s a chance of heavy rain in the Missouri River valley — from South Dakota through Kansas and Missouri through the rest of September and into early October.
Today: **FLASH FLOOD WATCH until 1-p.m.**Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 82. S @ 10-15.
Tonight: Scattered shwrs & tstrms ending. Low 68. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cloudy. Scattered showers & thunderstorms redeveloping in the afternoon. High 87. S @ 10-20.
Saturday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 84.
Sunday: A chance of shwrs & tstrms in the morning; P/Cldy & cooler. High 75.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 84. We received .16″ rain late Wednesday morning and early this morning, altogether (7-a.m. 24-hour total). Our Low this morning, 67. Last year on this date our High was 86 and the Low was 67. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1948. The Record Low was 33 in 1896 & 1938.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than 200 scientists from 38 Iowa colleges and universities have signed on to a climate change statement that warns of “sobering extreme heat projections” for the Midwest that will put people, livestock and pets at risk. The statement released Wednesday says the World Meteorological Association identified July as the hottest month in more than 140 years of record-keeping.
The scientists say the atmosphere and earth’s surface are warming at an unprecedented rate and by mid-century temperatures in Iowa will exceed 90 degrees for 67 days per year, compared to the average of 23 days in recent decades.
Peter Thorne, director of the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, says adaptations will include expanded disaster preparedness, increased energy use and curtailment of outdoor work and recreation during times of extreme heat.
The University of Iowa Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research has released annual climate statements since 2011. They are vetted by Iowa’s top experts and are intended to place climate change research into an Iowa-specific context and encourage preparedness.
Today: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers & thunderstorms possible. High 88. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms late. Low 70. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cloudy. Scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 84. S @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy. High 87.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low was 72. Last year on this date our High was 85 and the Low was 62. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1893. The Record Low was 26 in 1901.
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