Today: Mostly cloudy w/a 20% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High 72. E @ 5-10.
Tonight: Mo. cloudy w/a 40% chance of showers & tstrms after midnight. Low 58.
Tomorrow: Mo. cloudy w/a 40% chance of shwrs & tstrms. High 69.
Tom. night: Cldy w/a 50% chance of shwrs & tstrms. Low 58.
Saturday: A 30% chance of shwrs & tstrms thru mid-day. High 71.
Saturday night: Mo. Cldy. Low 56.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our Low 61. We received .31” rain in Atlantic yesterday. Last year on this date our High was 70 and the Low was 40. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 103 in 1939. The Record Low was 36 in 1962.
(Radio Iowa) — The city of Cedar Rapids is bracing for flooding after days of heavy rains. The Cedar River is forecast to crest at 16-and-a-half feet tomorrow (Thursday), which is six inches above major flood stage. City workers are closing roads, parks and boat ramps. Cedar Rapids Public Works Director Jen Winter says any impacts would likely come from the river flowing into the storm sewer system.
“Unless something fails, we anticipate that there would not be damage,” Winter says. “In some cases, depending on the age of a building, some people do get water in their basements despite the fact that we have kind of plugged off the river from backing up.”
While the forecast is for 16-and-a-half feet, city workers are preparing for at least 18 feet of water, just to be safe. Winter says they’re also plugging manholes and storm drains to prevent backflow. “The majority of the risk is from underground,” she says, “so the majority of the risk is from water coming back into our storm sewer system and backing up.”
City leaders are urging residents to stay away from the river and to let workers finish their preparations. As updated forecasts become available, the city will consider adding more protections. Cedar Rapids’ last major flood came in 2016, when the river crested at 22 feet.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids is taking steps to protect the city from Cedar River floodwaters. The National Weather Service says the river was nearly 3 feet (1 meter) above flood stage Wednesday morning and is expected to crest at more than 4 feet above flood stage on Sunday morning. City officials say their preparations include placing sand-filled barriers in low-lying areas and closing gates to the city’s storm sewer system, which will protect the NewBo District and most of the downtown. Sandbagging stations have not been opened, but preparations for two have been made.
Forecasters say remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon could cause flash flooding across parts of seven states — as far north as southern Iowa — in coming days. In its latest update before dawn today (Wednesday), the National Hurricane Center says the storm is expected to leave total rain amounts of 4-8 inches in the Florida panhandle and parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois.
The Hurricane Center says that isolated amounts of 12 inches will be possible in parts of the region through early Saturday. Though Gordon is expected to weaken to a tropical depression sometime Wednesday morning, forecasters say tornadoes will still be possible Wednesday and Wednesday night in Mississippi and western Alabama.
Today: Mostly cloudy w/rain & thundershowers, especially this morning; High around 72. N @ 10-15.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 62. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 72. N @ 10.
Friday/Saturday: Mo. Cloudy w/scattered light showers. High’s around 70.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 83. Our Low 71. We received 1.86” rain in Atlantic from 7-a.m. yesterday through 7-a.m. today. Last year on this date our High was 69 and the Low was 43. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1913. The Record Low was 34 in 1962.
ALGONA, Iowa (AP) — Some farm buildings, trees and utility poles in rural north-central Iowa have been damaged by what officials believe was a tornado that briefly touched down.
Kossuth County Emergency Manager David Penton says trained spotters saw what looked like a tornado touch down just southwest of Algona around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. Penton says buildings used in a hog confinement operation were damaged. He said no injuries had been reported.
The National Weather Service at Des Moines issued a tornado warning for the area that expired around 4:15 p.m. Penton says it will be up to the weather service to confirm whether it was a tornado that hit the area.
Today: Variably cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms early this morning & again this afternoon. High 84. SE @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & tstrms. Low 70. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Scattered shwrs & tstrms especially in the morning. High 72. N @ 10-15.
Thursday: Mo. Cloudy. High 72.
Friday: Mo. Cldy w/isolated shwrs. High around 74.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 79. Our Low 68. We received .12” rain in Atlantic yesterday and early this morning. Last year on this date our High was 76 and the Low was 48. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1918. The Record Low was 33 in 1891.
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