(Radio Iowa) – Wednesday’s storm that hit Sibley and other areas of northwest Iowa caused damage to crops, trees, buildings and power lines, but Peter Rodgers, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, says videos of the storm posted online do not show it was a tornado. “What those videos are showing are little swirls and curls on the leading edge of those strong downburst winds and so they certainly have a circulation with them and they appear to be a tornado, but the rotation is at the ground and not connected to an actual nearby thunderstorm,” he says. “We call them gustinadoes.”
Rodgers says wind speeds were between 60 to 80 miles per hour in the storm. Osceola County Emergency Management Director Corey Shearer has surveyed damage in Sibley, Ocheyedan and Allendorf. “Very big diameter branches down, trees down,” he says. “Some hitting houses where siding, roofs, windows damaged.” Kossuth County Emergency Management Coordinator Charissa Mueller was tracking the storm as it passed through Fenton. “They received a quite a bit of marble-sized, pea-sized hail in a quick amount of time resulting in some crop damage there with the corn,” she says. “Looking at Whittemore and Algona, we had a lot of trees down.”
Photo of crop damage by Kossuth County Emergency Management Coordinator Charissa Mueller
In Lyon County, some roofs in Rock Rapids were damaged, in Clay County trees were toppled near Fostoria and in Emmet County the Veterans Memorial in Emmetsburg was damaged as the storm rolled through.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. S/SE winds 5-10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 89. S/SE winds 5-10 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy w/a 20% chance of showers & thunderstorms after midnight. Low 66.
Sunday: Partly sunny. A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 88.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 66.
Monday: P/Sunny w/a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. A high near 89.
Tuesday: P/Sunny w/a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. A high near 87.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 87. The Low this morning, was 60. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 90 & the Low was 56. The Record High for June 13th in Atlantic was 100 in 2022. The Record Low was 37 in 1906. Sunrise: 5:45. Sunset: 8:54.
(Radio Iowa) – For the first time since last October, parts of Iowa saw high temperatures in the 90s on Wednesday afternoon. Meteorologist Jim Lee, at the National Weather Service, says Des Moines hit 95 degrees and the heat generated a lot of turbulence in the air.“We did have a round of severe thunderstorms across parts of northern and northeastern Iowa. A lot of wind damage, a little bit of hail, in a swath from around Estherville to Waterloo roughly,” Lee says. “We had a lot of reports of trees down, some power lines down, a few places where limbs fell on homes, things like that.”
Lee says the forecast is calling for the chance of more storms later today. “We do think there will be some more scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening,” Lee says. “For most of the state, severe weather is unlikely, but there could be some more severe thunderstorms up in the north, more or less the same kind of area as yesterday.”
The extended forecast shows a chance of showers for wide sections of Iowa both Saturday and Sunday.
Today: Mostly sunny. High near 88. S/SE winds 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Saturday: Mostly sunny w/a 20% chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms. A high near 90.
Sat. Night: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Low around 66.
Sunday: Partly sunny w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. A high near 88.
Sunday Night: A 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 66.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 94. The Low this morning, was 59. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 88 & the Low was 68. The Record High for June 12th in Atlantic was 95 in 1892. The Record Low was 38 in 1903. Sunrise: 5:45. Sunset: 8:54.
(4:48-a.m. report) – The National Weather Service in Des Moines says there is the potential for severe weather today over most of Northern, and parts of Western & Central, Iowa. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are the main features of any storms that form. The primary severe thunderstorm threats will be large hail and strong winds. The storms should begin to form late this afternoon, and continue at intervals through Thursday night.
Additional severe storm specific information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/dmx/dsssevere. The NWS will update the potential for severe storms this evening, unless earlier warranted.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts to near 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: A slight chance of showers &thunderstorms after noon, otherwise mostly sunny. High near 89. S @ 10-20mph.
Tom. Night: Mo. Cldy w/a slight chance of showers & thunderstorms late. Low 65.
Friday: P/Sunny w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 86.
Fri. Night: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms. Low around 61
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 87. The Low was 49. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 90 & the Low was 61. The Record High for June 11th in Atlantic was 99 in 1892. The Record Low was 36 in 1903. Sunrise: 5:45. Sunset: 8:53.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 85. Light southwest wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. South southwest wind around 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny w/a slight percent chance of late afternoon showers & thunderstorms. A high near 92. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. A low around 64. .
Thursday: A 50% chance of showers & afternoon thunderstorms, otherwise mostly sunny. High near 86. .
Thu. Night: A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low around 65.
Friday: Partly sunny w/a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. High near 83.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 70. Our Low this morning was 45. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 81 & the Low was 51. The Record High for June 10th in Atlantic was 104 in 1933. The Record Low was 40 in 1966. Sunrise: 5:45. Sunset: 8:53.
Atlantic (KJAN), .08″
Atlantic (7.1 miles N/NE), .02″
Massena, .12″
Clarinda, Creston, Cumberland, Emerson, Griswold & Red Oak, .1″
Corning, .15″
Glenwood, Greenfield, Oakland & Shenandoah, .05″
Today: Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 72. Winds NW @ 10-20 mph w/gusts to near 30 this afternoon.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tom. Night: Clear, with a low around 59.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Wed. Night: Partly cloudy w/a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. A low around 64.
Thursday: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms, otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 69. The Low was 54. We received .08″ rain at KJAN, Sunday. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 81 & the Low was 47. The Record High for June 9th in Atlantic was 101 in 1985. The Record Low was 38 in 1915. Sunrise: 5:46. Sunset: 8:52.
Atlantic (KJAN), .16″*
Anita, .2″
Audubon, .15″
Clarinda, 1.35″
Corning, .2″
Creston, .07″*
Cumberland, .35″
Emerson, .15″
Glenwood, .1″
Greenfield, .3″
Guthrie Center, .2″
Hastings, .05″*
Imogene, .65″*
Massena, .38″*
Oakland, .15″
New Market, .69″*
Pacific Junction, .09″*
Red Oak, .3″
Shenandoah, .55″
Sidney, .38″*
Stanton, .15″
Thurman, .38″*
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